Hu Xinzhu's Efficiency

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With two distinct purplish-black handprints on his face, Hu Xinzhu came swaying over, taking measured, square steps with perfect composure. His face was slightly green, and his eyes and brows brimmed with frustration. Every hair on his body seemed to be roaring aloud: "This lord is in a foul mood. Anyone who doesn't want trouble, get the hell out of my sight!"

Seeing Hu Xinzhu approach, the secret agents under the Wind-Hearing Vice Minister all dropped to one knee and kowtowed to him repeatedly.

Hu Xinzhu held several posts at once. The least notable was Attendant Gentleman, yet even that made him a close official at the Emperor's side; then there was his position as Assistant Registrar under the Director of the Imperial Clan, an important office in charge of the gold registers and jade records containing the identities and files of imperial family members. But the most critical of all was his post as Wind-Hearing Vice Minister under the Inspector General.

A Wind-Hearing Vice Minister was responsible for gathering rumors everywhere, probing for intelligence, spying on the civil and military officials, monitoring the populace, investigating private scandals, filing reports, and whispering sinister winds and ghostly flames into the Emperor's ear. Put plainly, he was one of the Emperor's most important eyes and ears. Of course, the Emperor had more than just the Wind-Hearing Vice Minister as his eyes and ears, but the Wind-Hearing Vice Minister was undoubtedly the largest force of ears the Emperor kept out in the open.

Even Ying Qin's calves went a little weak at the sight of Hu Xinzhu. The Blood Qin Dynasty had only recently