Chapter 1 Where Am I?

“Young Marquis, please get up, it's our turn to patrol.”

“Where am I?”

Qin Hu sat up groggily, feeling a chill on his body. The wind was howling outside, and a strange feeling crept into his heart.

“Oh, Young Marquis, why are you so confused? We're in the military camp. It's our shift to stand guard. If we don't get up, we'll be punished according to military law. Even the old Marquis can't protect you now.”

“What?”

Qin Hu opened his eyes and saw that he was in a tent, and in front of him was a soldier in leather armor.

Just as he was about to ask something, a splitting headache suddenly struck him. A huge stream of information flooded his mind, and after a few seconds, he realized that he had transmigrated.

He had gone from being a modern special forces soldier to a young marquis also named Qin Hu, the leader of the seven notorious young masters in the capital!

And this era called the Great Yu Dynasty simply did not exist in history.

Qin Hu's ancestor was one of the four dukes and twenty-eight marquises who founded the Great Yu Dynasty. Three months ago, his father died of illness, and Qin Hu inherited the title, becoming the new Champion Marquis.

Qin Hu had been spoiled by his parents since he was a child. He didn't like to study, didn't like to practice martial arts, and only knew how to play, eat, drink, and be merry, running rampant in the capital.

When he grew up, his family wanted him to settle down, so they arranged a marriage for him. The woman was the eldest daughter of the Duke of Chen, named Chen Ruoli, a famous lady, beautiful and intelligent.

This Qin Hu was vicious to everyone else, but he was especially obedient to this beautiful fiancée, treating her like a treasure.

But the problem happened to be with this childhood sweetheart, Miss Chen.

According to Qin Hu's memory, that day he took his fiancée to the palace to pay respects to the current Chang'an Princess. The princess and Chen Ruoli had been close friends since childhood, so she arranged a banquet.

But later, Qin Hu drank himself into oblivion. When he woke up, he was already in the inner guard's prison. He was told that he had molested the princess while drunk, with malicious intentions.

What was even more bizarre was that Chen Ruoli actually submitted a memorial impeaching her fiancé Qin Hu for seventy-two illegal acts, each with evidence.

Qin Hu was struck as if by lightning at the time, and he simply couldn't believe his ears...

The imperial decree came down quickly. Considering Qin Hu's ancestor's merits, the death penalty was waived, but he could not escape punishment. He was exiled to Youzhou to serve in the army, retaining his title to observe his future performance.

But after arriving in Youzhou, he was quickly assigned to the front line - to serve in the vanguard's camp.

After these things went through Qin Hu's mind, he basically understood that this should be a trap.

Because the Duke of Chen had long wanted to break off the engagement with him.

The Qin family and the Chen family were originally a political marriage. Both families wanted to become stronger and bigger, but the later Qin Hu, apart from being a playboy, was almost useless. It could be said that he had completely disgraced the Champion Marquis's Mansion.

It should be known that the Champion Marquises of previous generations were all heroic figures, with unparalleled influence in the military, but in this generation, there was a good-for-nothing who had never even been on the battlefield.

When the old Marquis was alive, the Duke of Chen still gave him face, but when the old Marquis died, the Duke of Chen turned ruthless and staged a scene of breaking off the engagement at the mourning hall.

But Qin Hu deeply loved Chen Ruoli and refused to agree to it, while Chen Ruoli had long been disgusted with this evil young master.

Thus, a disaster descended!

As for the Chang'an Princess, it was even simpler. She was the cousin of Qin Hu's cousin. As long as Qin Hu died, the vast wealth of the Champion Marquis's Mansion would naturally fall into the hands of this cousin.

These forces, each taking what they needed, colluded with each other and quickly united...

As expected, entering the Marquis's gate is like entering the deep sea; there are really too many people who want him dead.

"Qin An, do you think we can find a place to get out of the wind?"

Under the bright moonlight, the rough north wind carried a piercing whistle, sweeping across the empty wilderness, blowing the few torches flickering, and cutting people's skin like countless flying knives.

"It won't work, Young Marquis, we'll be punished according to military law."

Qin Hu and Qin An shrank their necks and braved the wind, running out of the camp and running forward on the thick snow.

The weak Qin An was accidentally overturned by the wind.

Two sentries who were changing shifts saw them coming out, smiled at each other sinisterly, scooped up two handfuls of snow and extinguished the warming bonfire, and then crawled into the tent.

Damn it, even the soldiers have been bought off; they want to freeze me to death!

This was a very small camp, with about twenty tents, surrounded by wagons. The outer perimeter didn't even have chevaux-de-frise or deer antlers arranged. The surrounding terrain was flat, with no danger to defend. It was clear that they didn't plan to be stationed there for long.

According to Qin Hu's memory from his previous life, there were about two hundred people stationed here. They were the vanguard camp of Li Qin, the General Conquering the North of the Yu Dynasty.

And the target of Li Qin's 20,000-strong army this time was the Yu Dynasty's old enemy on the border, the Liaodong Kingdom.

"Cough, cough, Young Marquis, do you think we can go back alive?" Qin An's whole body was curled up on the snow, his lips and face were blue, and he spoke weakly, as if he would die at any moment.

Qin Hu sighed in his heart. Qin An was purely implicated by him, and if things continued to develop like this, the two of them would definitely die.

Those who wanted him dead didn't finish him off in the court, so they used underhanded methods and beat him to death in the military camp, trying to kill him.

But Qin Hu was by no means a person who would sit still and wait for death. This was clearly a case of being framed, and he couldn't let it go.

Life is an endless struggle for survival. Just wait, I will not only survive, but I will also kill my way back to the capital and settle the score with you.

"Qin An, how many silver notes did we bring when we came out?"

"There are no silver notes anymore. I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial decree said that we were exiled to the army and our family property was sealed."

Qin An was only 16 years old this year. He was Qin Hu's personal servant. He was very thin and had already been tortured beyond recognition. He looked like he only had one breath left.

In fact, Qin Hu was not much better. In the past few days, the vanguard camp had been marching 30 *li* every day. The work they did was to open roads in the mountains, build bridges over water, chop wood for fire, dig ditches, carry water, and build camps.

And what would be the situation when these two delicate guys were with hundreds of rough soldiers every day?

They must be doing the hardest work, eating the worst food, being beaten the most viciously, and suffering the most anger...

Qin Hu estimated that his predecessor might have been tortured to death.

It could be considered that he deserved it.

It was just that he had to bear this suffering now. If he couldn't bear it, he would also die.

"Give it to me."

Qin Hu had thought it over. He must first find a way to save Qin An's life, and then think of other ways.

And to save his life was not difficult. The simplest way was to bribe. As the saying goes, money can make the gods turn, this method, although primitive, is always effective.

But in this situation, it was impossible for him to bribe high officials, because no one dared to be associated with him. Besides, he had no money.

So he thought of a person in his mind, Centurion Li Xiaokun.

That is, the current leader of the vanguard camp.