Chapter 1 Where Am I?

"Young Marquis, please get up quickly. It's our turn to patrol."

"Where am I?"

Qin Hu sat up groggily, feeling a chill all over. The wind howled 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 influx 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 Hooligans of the capital!

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

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

Qin Hu had been spoiled by his parents since he was a child. He didn't like reading, didn't like martial arts, and only liked 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 extremely vicious to others, but he was obedient to this beautiful fiancée, treating her like a treasure.

But the trouble happened to 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 good friends since childhood, so she arranged a banquet.

But later, Qin Hu drank too much and passed out. When he woke up, he was already in the inner guard's prison. He was told that he had drunkenly molested the princess, with intentions of impropriety.

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

Qin Hu was thunderstruck at the time, and he couldn't believe his ears...

The imperial decree came down quickly. Considering Qin Hu's ancestors' merits, the death penalty was waived, but the living penalty was unavoidable. He was exiled to Youzhou to serve in the army, retaining his title to see how he would perform.

But after arriving in Youzhou, he was quickly assigned to the front line - to be used in front of the vanguard 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, but the later Qin Hu, apart from being a纨绔 (wan ku, good-for-nothing playboy), was almost useless. It could be said that he had completely disgraced the Marquis of Champion's mansion.

You should know that the Marquises of Champion of all generations were heroic figures, with unparalleled influence in the army, but in this generation, there was a useless person who had never 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, while Chen Ruoli had long been disgusted with this hooligan.

So a disaster came!

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 property of the Marquis of Champion'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 mansion 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 shelter from the wind?"

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

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

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

The thin Qin An was accidentally overturned by the wind.

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

Damn it, even the soldiers have been bribed, they want to freeze me to death!

This is a very small camp, with about twenty tents, surrounded by carriages. There are no chevaux-de-frise or antlers arranged on the outside, and the surrounding terrain is flat and there is no danger to defend. It is clear that they do not intend to be stationed for a long time.

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

And the target of Li Qin's 20,000 troops this time is the Yu Dynasty's mortal enemy on the border, the Liaodong Kingdom.

"Cough cough, Young Marquis, do you think we can go back alive?" Qin An 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 kill him in the court, so they used dirty tricks and ambushes in the military camp to kill him.

But Qin Hu was definitely not a person who would sit still and wait for death. This was obviously a frame-up, and he couldn't let it go.

Life is an endless struggle for survival. Just wait, not only will I 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 left?"

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

Qin An is only 16 years old this year. He is Qin Hu's personal servant. He is very thin and has long been overwhelmed by the torture. He looks like he only has one breath left.

In fact, Qin Hu is not much better. These days, the vanguard camp marches 30 miles every day. The work they do is to open roads when encountering mountains, build bridges when encountering water, chop firewood and make fires, dig ditches and carry water, and build camps.

And what will happen to these two delicate guys when they are with hundreds of burly 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 estimates that his predecessor may have been tortured to death.

It can also be regarded as his deserved punishment.

It's just that he must bear this suffering now. If he can't bear it, he will die too.

"Give it to me."

Qin Hu has made up his mind. He must first find a way to save Qin An's life, and then think of other ways.

And to save his life is not difficult. The easiest way is to bribe. As the saying goes, money can make ghosts turn the millstone. Although this method is primitive, it is always effective.

But in this situation, he can't bribe high officials, because no one dares to get involved with him. Besides, he has no money.

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

That is, the current leader of the vanguard camp.