[{"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-414":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},2225472,4113,"Chapter 414: Tiger Roar","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-414",414,"\u003Cp>On the official road, several traveling merchants were driving carriages slowly forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was early spring, the cold wind was biting, and it was not suitable for travel. So there were not many pedestrians on this official road, and it was silent, with only the sound of horse hooves and the bells tied to the carriages echoing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old merchant rubbed his hands, feeling that his whole body was soaked with cold, and the cold was even in his bones, so he couldn't help but complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These days are really impossible to live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young merchant next to him took up the thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who isn't saying that? Ever since the great chaos in the capital the year before last, this road has become harder and harder to walk. Before, there were at least some rules, now... sigh, not being robbed on this road is considered a great stroke of luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old merchant shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who isn't saying that? Before, we heard those martial arts people say things like, the Embroidered Uniform Guard is cruel and oppresses the good, and we foolishly agreed... Now it seems, when has the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s blade ever fallen on the heads of us commoners?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Embroidered Spring Blade cuts slower, we really won't have a way to live...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, they all sighed in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, they were just saying it casually while there was no one around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past two years, although the Embroidered Uniform Guard had not been as active as before, every time they acted, it was more ruthless and decisive than before, especially the new North Town Fusi Commander Wang Hai and South Town Fusi Commander An Ziyang, whose ferocity was second only to Li Miao, who hadn't appeared for two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the perception of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in the martial arts world was extremely complex, and the court’s control over the martial arts world had clearly weakened. If these words were heard by martial arts people, it might bring disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what they feared came; from the woods by the road came the sound of branches and leaves shaking. Several merchants were scared deathly pale, thinking it was highwaymen or wild beasts looking for food, and they all stopped talking and gripped the short blades at their waists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they didn't expect that in the next moment, the sound of an infant crying would come from the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then voices of conversation rose together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young lady, be good, don't cry, we will enter the city soon, and then I will find food for you, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the words fell, a dark-skinned young man drilled out of the forest, holding a swaddle in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tall man with a heroic face followed him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several merchants finally let out a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the dark-skinned young man had a sword at his waist, so he should be a martial arts person. But if they were plotting something, they wouldn't bring a nursing baby into battle, so they thought they should have just happened to meet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of these two who drilled out of the forest, they were exactly Li Miao and Wu Mingxiao, who were ready to set off after feeding the infant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were only two of them, they could naturally leave whenever they wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were carrying a child, so they had to prepare some things, a carriage, and it would be best to find a wet nurse before setting off. The two found the official road, thinking of going to a nearby county town to buy things, and happened to meet a few passing merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two sides looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Mingxiao was a greenhorn, so only Li Miao could step forward to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gentlemen, it is fate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward and bowed with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Miao wasn't killing people, just based on his appearance, his smile still looked quite comfortable—of course, provided he didn't open his mouth to insult you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old merchant also responded with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Greetings, gentlemen, are you going to the county town ahead?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see you are carrying a child, the road is bumpy, and the wind is cold. If you don't mind, you can come into the carriage—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused halfway through his sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish speaking, Li Miao had already jumped onto the carriage, lay down broadly, pulled a bear-skin cloak over himself, said \"I don't mind,\" and closed his eyes to pretend to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old merchant’s mouth twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, you really aren't polite at all, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was letting the one holding the child get on the carriage, you are so self-conscious, and \"I don't mind\"... do you even have the right to mind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Mingxiao’s face turned red. His Assistant Commissioner governed the army very strictly; usually, even taking a bowl of food from the common people would result in a beating, so he had never done anything as \"unreserved\" as Li Miao. He lowered his head and said sorry, then rushed onto the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several merchants looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, forget it, meeting is fate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the old merchant waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are carrying a child, maybe they are tired. We will just consider it accumulating virtue and doing good, and send them to the county town.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the carriage team continued forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Linjiang Prefecture, as the name suggests, is near the waterway, and the air is damp and cold. This official road had experienced a whole winter of freezing, and now that it had just thawed a little, it was even harder to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group walked for an hour without even walking out of this mountain forest, only reaching the foot of a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young merchant said, rubbing his legs. \u003C\u002Fp>",971,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","92712c11355250a4f2ec718c13b3e28a63528d58958c8be39c703d6a0bf1ea20","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-415","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-413",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]