[{"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-149":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},2225207,4113,"Chapter 149","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-149",149,"\u003Cp>Yongjie's lips parted, but he couldn't speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his footsteps moved forward involuntarily, and his internal energy surged accordingly. His hands were clenched into fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Yongjie. Have you thought it through?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two voices sounded at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was An Ziyang, who was following Yongjie; seeing him seem to have lost his soul and actually look like he was about to step forward and make a move, he hurriedly spoke to dissuade him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had long heard the footsteps of Yongjie and An Ziyang, but he just turned a blind eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao had An Ziyang bring Yongjie over because he felt there was a high possibility that Ji Tianrui was hiding in the Miao territory, so he had Yongjie come to take revenge. Who knew that this matter would go back and forth and end up revolving around Yongjie himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grievances involved were too deep, and Li Miao had no intention of sorting them out for Yongjie, so he simply waited for Yongjie to make a choice before speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it was only when he sensed that Yongjie had the intention to strike that he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, look around.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie suddenly came to his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since he saw the Miao King, his mind had been hanging on her, with no time to care about anything else. After Li Miao's reminder, he shifted his gaze to the surroundings of the Pupa Room and saw the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, and the girl skeletons leaning crookedly on the jars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This, how many people have died here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had walked the Jianghu since he was young and had seen many corpses and witnessed many tragic scenes. But he had never seen anything like this, truly like the hell scene described in storybooks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the mountain of corpses to the front left, a rough scan showed no less than several hundred corpses and bones. And the jars to the front right contained several hundred skeletons of young girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of clarity flashed in Yongjie's eyes, and then he looked at the Miao King whose heart had been dug out by Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, when you and I first met, we encountered your former subordinate in prison.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you and I left, you didn't ask me to save her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, I asked you why; do you still remember your answer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Miao King's familiar face, Yongjie's lips trembled as he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember... I remember.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The monk said, plant the cause and reap the fruit, retribution is inescapable. If you do evil, you must pay for it. The monk wanted to save her, but could not save her, otherwise it would be helping the tyrant...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The people she killed must also be recorded on the monk's account...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao nodded and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's good that Master remembers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This person is the Miao King, the mother of the murderer who killed Master Xingchi, the root cause of the thousands of casualties in Tai'an City, and the source of the witchcraft and Gu arts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regardless of whose wife or whose mother she was in the past, I will kill her today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao's fingers slowly clenched, and amidst the Miao King's painful roar, he crushed the heart into meat paste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will not ask you to destroy your relatives for the sake of righteousness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if you step forward to stop me from killing her... I don't mind teaching you a lesson on behalf of Master Xingchi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, Li Miao pulled his hand out of the Miao King's body and then clenched it into a fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smashed a fist into the Miao King's back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fresh blood and broken meat gushed out from the Miao King's mouth like a fountain, and she flew high like a kite with a broken string, crashing into the pile of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A while later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough, cough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood up from the sticky corpses, the large hole in her chest already healed. The Miao King looked up, first glancing at Li Miao, then shifting her gaze to Yongjie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alas, husband. You have such a cruel heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone was resentful, as if a wife were complaining about her husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie, however, couldn't help but shiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this sentence, he finally confirmed that this was not his wife... absolutely not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ge Puqi of the past was a woman who was gentle and graceful on the surface, but stronger than a man in her bones. If they were in each other's shoes, if Yongjie had fallen into the demonic path, Ge Puqi would never have had the slightest hesitation; no matter how sad she was, she would have struck to kill directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would never have spoken in this tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wife was already dead; now it was the Miao King wearing his wife's corpse and talking to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Benefactor An, step back, retreat into the cave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie said hoarsely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang frowned and called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have already thought it through.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The matter here does not involve the Ming Cult and has nothing to do with you; you should leave so as not to be accidentally injured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang thought for a moment; he had already said everything that needed to be said, and what followed was not something a second-rate expert like him could get involved in. So he followed his words and slowly retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Pupa Room, only Li Miao, the Miao King, and Yongjie remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Benefactor, thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie bowed to Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he took a string of prayer beads from his wrist, removed one, and put it in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was given to him by the sweeping monk in the Scripture Pavilion. It was also something every Shaolin abbot carried with them—the \"Great Sandalwood Pill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because Xingchi took this thing that he stepped into the Heavenly Human realm and fought with Ji Tianrui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an instant, Yongjie's internal energy suddenly became heavy and stagnant. It flowed along the meridians into his muscles and bones, wrapping them up. And Yongjie's skin was slowly plated with a layer of gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking this thing, although Yongjie would not die in three days like Xingchi, his lifespan would be greatly reduced. But at the same time, he officially stepped into the Heavenly Human realm and had the qualifications to participate in the battle between Li Miao and the Miao King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current \"Diamond\" was already stronger than a perfect \"Diamond.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, have you thought it through?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Benefactor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This matter should be ended by me, the monk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clenched his fists tightly, the sound of tigers and leopards roaring, muscles and bones ringing together. He raised his left fist to his eyes, held his right fist below his waist, stood in a T-shape, and stared fixedly at the Miao King with tiger eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The hatred of killing my wife, the hatred of killing my master, as well as the people of Tai'an City who died and were injured, and the human lives piled up here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the Shaolin Abbot, the disciple of the 'Holy Monk' Xingchi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eliminating demons and defending the Dao starts today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao King looked at Yongjie, a cold smile appearing on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Husband has such a cruel heart; are you actually going to team up with an outsider to kill your wife?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One bottomless Three-Way Integration, one Shaolin secret Diamond.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I hesitate any longer, I'm afraid it won't work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the words fell, Li Miao had already appeared in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands flew up and down like butterflies through flowers; it was exactly \"Removing Leaves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Miao King again, the right half of her body, from shoulder to fingertips, was already nothing but white bones. But she didn't react at all, just sneered and drove the Gu insects on her body to pounce toward Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao's palm-saber slashed across, his internal energy released, shredding the Gu insects in mid-air, and the filthy blood hissed as it splashed on the ground, instantly corroding a large hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on the Miao King's right arm, a thin layer of fascia had already grown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was really hard to kill, harder to kill than Wan Tianzong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost every part of her body had been destroyed by Li Miao once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was no longer human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill her, one still had to find that Gu insect that the Miao King was parasitizing on her.\u003C\u002Fp>",1453,"2026-06-17T21:41:15.265Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5bebe5838ec9f7f5acf7c3005a2e9bda3ac57739a1c501bfbc846bc08f535b3a","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-150","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-148",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]