[{"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-75":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},2225133,4113,"Chapter 75","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>Taian City, Prefectural Yamen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been nearly half an hour since the three sects came to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Wang Hai and Mei Qinghe joined the battle after resting for a moment, it eased the situation somewhat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as more and more people piled up outside the gate, some no longer poured in through the main entrance but pushed down the walls to open up paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This caused the directions Wang Hai and the others needed to defend to change from one side to three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the number of people pouring in at once also became three times what it was before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of insect soldiers mixed in also gradually increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This caused the \"half-hour\" evacuation time Wang Hai had previously estimated to be significantly shortened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it had basically reached the deadline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai wiped the bloodstains from his forehead and turned to look left and right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Baixuan was the first to be dragged to the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword takes the middle path, which is not suitable for a cowardly and hesitant temperament. Therefore, among the several sect leaders, Deng Baixuan's sword technique was the worst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he was the softest-hearted one, striking even lighter than Liu Baiyun, and was always looking around, distracted by taking care of his own disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment of negligence allowed an insect soldier to get close and bite his right hand, forcing him to withdraw from the battle circle for Li Xiaosi to remove the insect poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was Liu Baiyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could persist until now, but her true Qi had also bottomed out, forcing her to retreat to rest and recover her true Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yingxue even took the opportunity to mock her a few times, but Liu Baiyun endured it without retorting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than half of the disciples of the several sects had already been lost, and only half of them had been rescued and dragged to the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the other half, Wang Hai and the others didn't have time to rescue them; after struggling in the crowd for a while, they had already lost all sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Baixuan was in the back, gritting his teeth and shedding tears continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Zhang Jingfeng, Zhou Yingxue, Gao Ling, Wang Hai, and Mei Qinghe were the five carrying the burden, barely holding the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that Gao Ling's true Qi was also running low, Mei Qinghe was injured, and Wang Hai had only recovered a little true Qi before getting up to fight, and was now almost exhausted as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can't wait any longer!\" Wang Hai thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Battalion Commander's side had gone smoothly, he should have arrived long ago. Since he hasn't returned yet, there must be far more insect soldiers outside the city than here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't need to worry about the Battalion Commander; I just need to be able to take Li Xiaosi away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Wang Hai's heart, besides Li Miao and Li Xiaosi, the lives of others were not important at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once his mind was made up, Wang Hai secretly retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaosi discovered Wang Hai's intention and shook her head gently at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai just pretended not to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Wang Hai was about to strike to seal Li Xiaosi's acupoints, Zhou Yingxue let out a cry of pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four insect soldiers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yingxue defended against two, but two suddenly pounced from under her feet, hugging her legs and biting frantically, tripping her to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she fell, the defensive line collapsed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai reached Li Xiaosi's side in an instant and reached out to tap the major acupoint on her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaosi stared at Wang Hai with wide eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't worry about that much anymore; if you want to blame me or break your inner demon, you have to be alive to do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai had already made up his mind, and his finger had already touched Li Xiaosi's skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A light sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai's finger was lifted high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao appeared beside Li Xiaosi and swatted Wang Hai's hand away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're starting domestic violence before you're even married, Hai'er.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Miao's usual teasing, Wang Hai suddenly lost his strength, but he laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart that had been hanging for half the night finally settled down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised his hand into a palm, true Qi surging, and pushed a palm toward the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mountain-Toppling and Sea-Draining.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd fell one after another like harvested wheat stalks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qinghe hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Zhou Yingxue, and retreated behind Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao's left hand remained still, suppressing the crowd, while his right hand grabbed Li Xiaosi's pulse, channeling true Qi into her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaosi's originally pale complexion gradually returned to normal, flushing with color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her constitution, if it were just blood loss, it wouldn't have made her so miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truly fatal thing was that after the loss of blood Qi, the insect poison in her body could gradually no longer be suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with Li Miao's help in suppressing it, Li Xiaosi could naturally recover on her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After doing these things, Li Miao flashed forward, curled his fingers into a claw, and grabbed into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled back several unconscious disciples from the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao threw the disciples behind him and at the same time signaled for the sect leaders to step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sect leaders had seen the traces of Li Miao's fight with Lan Lechuan and knew that they were no longer needed, so they each went to find their own disciples to check their injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Xiaosi, point out which ones are the insect soldiers to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Li Xiaosi's main energy was on suppressing the insect poison in her body and she couldn't be distracted, so she could only leave it to Wang Hai and the others to adapt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the insect poison had subsided, Li Xiaosi raised her small hand and pointed to one of the people in the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Li Xiaosi's hand stopped, a hole appeared on that person's forehead, transparent from front to back, and he collapsed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao's left hand was a palm, suppressing the crowd with true Qi. His right hand pressed his fingers together, using the Ming Cult's \"Profound Heaven Finger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap one, die one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a moment, more than a dozen people in the crowd died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All gone!\" Li Xiaosi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao grabbed into the void with his right hand, the blue stone slabs on the ground shattered, and a handful of stones flew into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he scattered them into the air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This handful of stones, numbering in the hundreds, hit the acupoints of the common people with extreme precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd was instantly cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Repeating this several times, there was no one left standing in front of the Prefectural Yamen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, people kept pouring in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Li Xiaosi pointing them out and Li Miao shooting them down, without the threat of insect soldiers, everyone could handle it easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time dawn was about to break, Li Xiaosi let out a long breath: \"It's okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao reached into his bosom, took out a mass of wriggling flesh—the mother insect he had dug out from Mao Yingxia's body—and handed it to Li Xiaosi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaosi grabbed the mass of flesh, bit the tip of her tongue, and sprayed a mouthful of fresh blood onto it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wriggling mass of flesh instantly froze and stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Wang Hai dissected the chest of an insect soldier, grabbed a mass of insect larvae, and also handed it to Li Xiaosi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaosi stuffed the mass of insect larvae into the mother insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the first ray of sunlight from the rising sun, Li Xiaosi's fingers slowly clenched tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the common people on the ground who had not yet had the insects removed began to twitch violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...\" Mei Qinghe couldn't help but speak, but was stopped by Li Miao with a wave of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Li Xiaosi's fingers closed, and the mass of flesh was crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough, cough—retch—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could hear a continuous sound of coughing and retching among the common people, and needle-like insect larvae crawled out from their seven orifices, turning into fly ash in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After doing all this, Li Xiaosi collapsed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao caught her, pressed her pulse, and channeled true Qi into her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai looked at Li Miao worriedly: \"Battalion Commander...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao waved his hand: \"She'll be fine in a year or so; this girl has a stubborn temperament and insists on perfection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her 'human insect' is just a semi-finished product, and she exerted too much effort this time, so it's a bit hard to suppress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Wang Hai, Li Miao said: \"After finishing this errand, you take Li Xiaosi back to Shuntian Prefecture to report. I'm going to the Miao territory to settle this matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I originally had the intention of going to the Miao territory when I brought Li Xiaosi out. Now it's just a bit earlier, no big deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao handed Li Xiaosi to Wang Hai and turned to look at Zhang Jingfeng: \"Sect Leader Zhang, what is the situation on Mount Taishan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jingfeng told Li Miao about his experience in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qinghe, who was on the side, heard Zhang Jingfeng's description and gripped her sword hilt until it creaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to the hatred of killing her mother, Yun Zelin was the main culprit, but he had faked his death to escape, and Mei Qinghe only learned the news that he was still alive a few days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Mei Qinghe knew her enemy was right in front of her, how could she hold back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord! I will go with you!\" Mei Qinghe said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if I can only stab him once, even if I die at his hands, I must settle things with him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1680,"2026-06-17T21:41:15.265Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","54e3475dadb8bdfa116294d0852e38dfdf6e080f416e754c6de22f069eff420d","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-76","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-74",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]