[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday":3,"chapter-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-133":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2225191,4113,"Chapter 133","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-133",133,"\u003Cp>After An Ziyang stepped into the secret passage, he smelled a thick, bloody stench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crouched down and wiped the ground, only to feel a thin film stuck to the floor with his fingertips. It crumbled at a touch, the skin sticking to his fingers, with a gelatinous layer underneath that dissolved on his fingertips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang naturally knew this was dried blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just looking at the amount of blood on the ground, it was no less than the total blood of three or four people. And this was just the corridor, far from the actual place of imprisonment and torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that most of the people in the house who had been replaced were in grave danger. The decisiveness and ruthlessness of the Ming Cult's actions were evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, after seeing Li Miao today, An Ziyang had already prepared to run away and carried all his life-saving gear with him. As long as he didn't face more than three first-rate experts at once, he still had the power to protect himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang moved forward cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A short while later, he found a secret room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed his ear against the door panel to listen carefully, and heard intermittent cries for help from inside; it should be the An family members held there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud noise came from above, and some dust fell from the top of the secret passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang cursed inwardly: \"Is this the kind of commotion a human can make?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This blow was exactly the sound of Li Miao knocking the woman down and then stomping on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret room suddenly went quiet, clearly startled, and then suddenly became noisy again, with several people speaking at once, their tones filled with excitement. Clearly, for the An family members held here, any movement meant change, and any change was better than waiting here to be tortured to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before An Ziyang could distinguish if his father's voice was among them, a scream suddenly came from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang's expression darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the sound of blood spraying from an artery; with that volume, the injured person definitely wouldn't survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something happened above. Listening to the commotion, it doesn't sound like cannons; it's a battle between heaven-level experts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shaolin isn't far from here, and that person just appeared at Shaolin a few days ago; I guess he's found his way here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A calm voice said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The people are no longer useful, kill them all. Pour lamp oil on everything, and light it before we leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That person is like a god; it's only a matter of time before he finds this place. We have at most one cup of tea's time, hurry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard them all agree in unison; there were at least a dozen voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang sucked his teeth and gave a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have time to figure out the situation and then act. If he waited any longer, he was afraid the An family members inside would all be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang kicked the door open and said loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Embroidered Uniform Guard on official business! Kneel if you don't want to die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of this moment, he saw the situation in the secret room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small wooden cages were built along the walls of the secret room, with a dozen people huddled inside, looking at him with hopeful eyes. The ground was stained with blood, and some torture tools, paper, pens, utensils, and sundries were placed on several wooden tables. Several bags were piled in the corner, leaking dark red liquid; they should be filled with corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a shelf in the corner, An Ziyang saw An Wenjie, who was hanging his head as if he had already passed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all around, a dozen people wearing swords and simple clothes were looking at him defensively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation went quiet for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang just casually mentioned the Embroidered Uniform Guard, only because the Ming Cult was only afraid of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in this Jianghu. But he had accidentally scared these Ming Cult members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No other reason; Li Miao was an Embroidered Uniform Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were already scared by Li Miao and were planning to run away, so hearing these three words suddenly made their legs tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a pole hitting a wolf, both sides were afraid, and neither side made a move for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were no fools present, and this situation only lasted for two or three breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is An Ziyang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That calm voice said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is not an Embroidered Uniform Guard, he is a dead ghost of the An family, here to save people, only second-rate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, blades flashed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang followed the same pattern, smashing a small bag on the ground, and smoke filled the air in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Close your eyes, cover your mouths and noses, protect your bodies, use true Qi to dispel it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That calm voice said again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the Ming Cult members with slightly worse martial arts retreated to the wall, waving their weapons to protect themselves. Several first-rate Ming Cult members waved their true Qi together, dispelling the dust in just a few moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, they're really hard to deal with!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're not on the same level as the four outside!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang cursed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stuff wasn't easy to preserve and would lose its toxicity after being exposed to the air for a moment. These Ming Cult members had already neutralized this lethal move with their actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, all his stuff came in sets; if one didn't work, there was another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the opportunity to slip to the side of An Wenjie's cage, threw something in, and then tiptoed behind an expert who was dispelling the dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, a patch of blue-glowing ox-hair needles scattered out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hidden weapons! Poisoned!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There! He's over there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's me! Stop fighting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several angry roars sounded at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang's lime powder obscured their vision, and now everyone could only judge the position based on the sound. He scattered hidden weapons at several people, and after several were hit, they attacked the direction from which the hidden weapons were shot, but were blocked by the Ming Cult expert An Ziyang used as a meat shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's me! That little brat shot the hidden weapons from my direction!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expert blocked his own people's attack and was about to continue speaking to distinguish himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he felt a slight pain behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Behind me!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around and struck, but hit nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He already escaped!? This kid is only second-rate, how can his light-body technique and internal strength be so deep that even I can't hear his sound?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to think, but suddenly felt a numbness and itching behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that was a violent pain that instantly destroyed his sanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expert screamed, struck wildly around, and instantly sent the Ming Cult disciple who had mistakenly attacked him flying; he lost his breath as soon as he landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fountain of blood erupted from the expert's throat, and he fell to the ground, unable to get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That calm voice said again: \"He was hit by the Tang Men's 'Divine Madness', he's beyond saving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the expert's corpse, the masked man turned to look at An Ziyang, who was huddled in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tang Men's poison, Divine Thief Sect's light-body technique, Divine Machine Sect's hidden weapons. And he uses a sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has many tricks, and he's ruthless and smart enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unfortunately, you are only a second-rate piece of trash after all; once the means of obscuring vision dissipate, you have no room to struggle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the smoke and dust in the secret room had been dispelled, and the Ming Cult members looked at An Ziyang coldly, slowly surrounding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were ten Ming Cult members left, including four first-rate experts.\u003C\u002Fp>",1336,"2026-06-17T21:41:15.265Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d8a38e893067d177453cc49ce221bc852e4effb327cbab490865f9e99f55a8a5","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-134","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-132",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]