[{"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-436":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2225494,4113,"Chapter 436","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-436",436,"\u003Cp>Mei Qinghe spread the glove out in her palm, her five fingers stroking it bit by bit, carefully observing every detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, she let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, this is the Commander-in-Chief’s glove.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And it’s the pair he wore when he first started walking the Jianghu, damaged during his struggle with the Miao King. But it seems because it was a gift from an old friend, the Commander-in-Chief has always kept it on him... the style, the tear, and the smell of the Gu-insect blood stained on it, none of it can be faked.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Zhu Yijing, standing nearby, had his eyes light up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, I know this. This glove... hehe, it was when Brother Miao was seventeen, he ran into a girl who came to my house to steal things—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, he was glared back into silence by Mei Qinghe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhu Yijing was nominally higher in rank than Mei Qinghe, in reality, he had been sent by Zhu Zai to work under her to gain experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And given Zhu Zai’s temper, he had naturally said some harsh things like \"if the kid is ignorant, just beat him as you please; if you beat him to death or cripple him, that's on me\"... This was fine to say to others, but to a blockhead like Mei Qinghe, she would actually take it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Zhu Yijing, this Guard Commander, really had no face in front of this Battalion Commander, Mei Qinghe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Mei Qinghe’s unpleasant expression, Zhu Yijing hurriedly swallowed the gossip about Li Miao and stiffly changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I originally only discovered that the documents regarding the tiger infestation in Fukang County were problematic, so I came to see if there were any Jianghu bandits using the commoners to study the Profound Observation... I didn't expect to run into Brother Miao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-day deadline Li Miao mentioned referred to the time it would take for the events in Fukang County to spread and attract one of his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Mei Qinghe and Zhu Yijing arrived so quickly was that they had discovered something suspicious in the reports submitted by the Fukang County Magistrate and had rushed to investigate, only to be an hour late and miss Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qinghe nodded with a cold face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Commander-in-Chief has been resting for two years, and apart from Lord Zhu, no one knows his whereabouts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that he has suddenly appeared and left a token for us, it must be that the matter here is of great importance, forcing him to handle it personally... This matter is a dereliction of duty on our part as subordinates!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We must investigate thoroughly! We must immediately send word to Battalion Commander Cao, telling him to come and uncover everything here to give the Commander-in-Chief an explanation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Yijing, standing nearby, wanted to speak but stopped, then wanted to speak again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, \"Admiration is the distance furthest from understanding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Mei Qinghe, Li Miao’s image was naturally incomparably tall; whatever he did was purposeful. Even if he spat on the ground, Mei Qinghe would think it was an order for her to dig three feet into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhu Yijing had grown up with Li Miao, so he naturally didn't have this filter... He really wanted to say that, given Li Miao’s nature, it was ninety-nine percent likely he was just bored to death, accidentally followed a lead to Fukang County, killed a river of blood on a whim, and then turned around and slipped away, leaving the mess for his subordinates to clean up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he dared not say it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only nod vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Zhu Yijing was responsible for negotiating with these women, spending some time to get them to lower their guard, calling over a few Embroidered Uniform Guards to clean up the scene and handle the aftermath, and finally moving to the study in the back hall of the county office to begin recording the situation from the women who had been left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Mei Qinghe, she took the woman who had handed over the token to a side room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she entered the room, the woman suddenly knelt on the ground with a thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord... I have something I want to ask.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who exactly is the Hero Li who saved us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qinghe helped her up and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should have guessed it, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman trembled, slowly opening her mouth in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It really is... that lord...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qinghe nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, the woman finally recovered from her shock, holding onto the table and gasping for air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that’s how it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every drink and every peck is determined by fate... The Profound Observation technique flowed into the Jianghu because of Hero Li, and Huangfu Hui only dared to do this because Hero Li had not appeared for a long time, and in the end, she died at the hands of Hero Li.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qinghe frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you complaining about the Commander-in-Chief with these words?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman stood up with a start, her face flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could you misunderstand me so, my lord... Am I the kind of person who forgets favors and betrays justice! A hero like Hero Li should naturally influence the world's trends. If a few beasts emerged within those trends and dragged us in, how could that be blamed on Hero Li!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",913,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","af7dd5a87609e5f3a8a04612be5d9c408be1b235d43f33711ff667d7197b79cc","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-437","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-435",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]