[{"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-397":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},2225455,4113,"Chapter 397: Wenhua Hall","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-397",397,"\u003Cp>Firearms, since Li Miao wandered the Jianghu until now, had never appeared in Jianghu fighting. This sharp weapon held tightly by the imperial court, for the first time in a hundred years, was unsheathed, but it was in the Forbidden City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunpowder exploded inside the cannon barrel, and the huge pressure pushed the iron ball the size of a human head out, bringing a low hum, crossing a distance of hundreds of yards and smashing toward the crowd!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Qisheng had already reacted, his protective Qi instantly extended, turning into a transparent wall to block in front of the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang, clang, clang!—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several ringing sounds, the cannonballs were forcefully bounced away, flying horizontally, shattering floor tiles and walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Qisheng took a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood surged, his face turned flushed, and was forcefully suppressed by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't block it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least he couldn't block all directions and protect everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... he was the Lord of Yingzhou, and also the strongman of Bolangsha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might not be good at protection, but he was very good at killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protective Qi deformed, gathered to his side into a giant claw, grabbed a hot, red-hot cannonball from the ground, and slowly moved it behind him. His left leg stepped out, his right leg tensed, and his upper body slowly tensed like a fully drawn bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second round of shelling came again; without An Qisheng’s obstruction, the cannonballs the size of a human head smashed directly into the crowd. All limbs on the path of the cannonballs were pierced, broken limbs flew, and blood splashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cannonball grazed An Qisheng’s side face, his hair was scorched, his eyes had no fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bowstring was drawn to the limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—woo!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the history of a thousand years ago was repeated, the giant claw formed by protective Qi was like a long whip, suddenly throwing the cannonball out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the process was eliminated, hundreds of yards away, a red-barb cannon exploded, metal fragments flew, tearing the Forbidden Army soldiers who were firing the cannons to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang dodged the metal fragments attacking his face, but was still grazed by other fragments; blood splashed, and his side abdomen was torn open with a huge wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intense pain surged into his mind the next moment, An Ziyang’s body softened, and he knelt on one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old monster, this works too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang blocked the wound with his clothes, pulled the belt and pulled it fiercely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision went black, and he almost lost consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, the arrangement here ends here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang struggled to stand up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the Forbidden Army soldiers who had recovered came forward to support him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Battalion Commander, you—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry about me, keep firing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang shook off the Forbidden Army soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An Qisheng wants to counterattack, so he can't protect the crowd. Just trade with him, see how many lives can be traded—keep firing, when An Qisheng approaches to thirty yards, you all escape!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he staggered down the city tower and walked toward the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang’s vision went black in bursts; even if he had many means, he was only a first-class level himself, and could not regenerate flesh and blood like a Heaven-man; the huge gap in his side abdomen almost tore his internal organs, blood soaked the belt, dripping onto the accumulated snow, forming a bloody path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He supported himself to walk forward, counting the time silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he counted to three hundred, a loud noise came from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked back, and the city tower where the red-barb cannons were placed collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant An Qisheng had broken through the Zuoshun Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang looked back and continued to move forward, suddenly stumbling and falling forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother An!\" \u003C\u002Fp>",643,"2026-06-17T21:41:16.704Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","450175c5d4654907d3e189983cdbb59980fd56b4aa462f5b17854eb0730b0b4c","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-398","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-396",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]