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 on his body. A strong wind was howling outside, and a strange feeling rose in his heart.

“Hey, 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 poured into his brain, and after a few seconds, he realized that he had transmigrated.

He had transmigrated from 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 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 Champion Marquis.

Qin Hu had been spoiled by his parents since he was a child. He didn't like to read, didn't like martial arts, only knew how to play, eat, drink, and be merry, and ran 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 fierce to others, but he was always obedient to this beautiful fiancée, treating her like a treasure.

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

According to Qin Hu's memory, that day he took his fiancée to the palace to pay homage 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 too much and passed out. When he woke up, he was already in the inner guard’s prison. He was told that he had molested the princess while drunk and intended to commit misconduct.

Even stranger things happened later. Chen Ruoli actually submitted a memorial impeaching her fiancé Qin Hu for seventy-two illegal acts, each with evidence.

Qin Hu was stunned at the time and couldn't believe his ears…

The imperial decree came down quickly. Considering Qin Hu's ancestors' merits, the death penalty could be waived, but the living sin was unavoidable. He was exiled to Youzhou to serve in the military, his title was retained, and his future actions would be observed.

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

After these things flashed 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, besides 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 all previous Champion Marquises were heroic figures and had unparalleled influence in the military, but this generation had a good-for-nothing 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 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 family property 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 a noble family is like entering a deep sea. There are really too many people who want him dead.

“Qin An, do you think we can find a place to take shelter from the wind?”

Under the bright moonlight, the rough north wind carried a piercing whistle, sweeping across the empty wilderness, blowing the 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 heads and shoulders against the wind, running out of the camp and stepping forward on the thick snow.

The weak Qin An was accidentally overturned by the strong wind.

Two sentries who were changing shifts saw them come out, smiled sinisterly at each other, scooped up two handfuls of snow, extinguished the bonfire for warmth, 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. It was surrounded by carriages, and there were no chevaux-de-frise or antlers arranged on the periphery. The surrounding terrain was flat and there was no natural defense. It was obvious that they did not intend to stay there for a long time.

According to Qin Hu's previous life memories, about two hundred people were stationed here. They were the vanguard camp of Li Qin, the Zheng Bei General of the Yu Dynasty (General who Pacifies the North).

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

“Cough cough, Young Marquis, do you think we can return 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. If things continued to develop like this, they would both die.

Those who wanted him dead didn't kill him in the court, so they used dirty tricks and ambushes in the military camp, trying to kill him.

But Qin Hu was definitely not a person who would sit still and wait for death. This was obviously a matter of being framed, 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 came out?”

“There are no silver notes anymore. I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial decree stated that we are being exiled to the army, and our family property has been sealed.”

Qin An was only 16 years old this year. He was Qin Hu’s personal attendant. He was very thin and weak, and had already been overwhelmed by the torture. He looked like he only had one breath left.

In fact, Qin Hu was not much better. These days, the vanguard camp marched 30 *li* (Chinese mile, approximately 500 meters) every day. Their job was to open roads through mountains, build bridges over water, chop firewood, make fires, dig ditches, carry water, and build camps.

And what would happen to these two delicate guys when they were with hundreds of burly soldiers every day?

They must be doing the hardest work, eating the worst food, getting the worst beatings, and suffering the most anger…

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

It can also be regarded as his deserved punishment.

It’s just that he has to bear this suffering now. If he can't bear it, he will also die.

“Give it to me.”

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

In fact, it is not so difficult to save his life. The simplest way is to bribe people. As the saying goes, money can make ghosts turn the millstone. Although this method is primitive, it always works.

But in this situation, it is impossible for him to 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 top leader of the vanguard camp.