Chapter 1 Where is This?

“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 and the wind howling outside. He felt a strange sensation 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 by 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, and a huge influx of information rushed into his mind. After a few seconds, he realized 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 the era called the Great Yu Dynasty simply didn't exist in history.

Qin Hu's ancestors were 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 reading or practicing martial arts, only playing, eating, drinking, and making trouble 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 obedient to this beautiful fiancée, treating her like a treasure.

But the problem arose 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 were 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 molested the princess while drunk, with ill intentions.

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 felt as if he had been struck by lightning and couldn't believe his ears...

The imperial decree came down quickly, saying that in consideration of Qin Hu's ancestors' merits, the death penalty could be waived, but the living penalty was unavoidable. He was exiled to Youzhou to perform military service, retaining his title to observe his future performance.

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 passed 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, in addition to being a纨绔 (wan ku - good-for-nothing son), was almost useless. It could be said that he had disgraced the Champion Marquis's mansion.

You should know that generations of Champion Marquises were heroic figures with unparalleled influence in the military, but in this generation, there was 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 even 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 scoundrel.

So a disaster descended!

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

These forces, each taking what they needed, colluded together in this way...

As expected, entering a Marquis's mansion is like entering the deep sea. There are really too many people who want him to die.

“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 by military law.”

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

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

Two sentries on duty saw them come out, smiled at each other sinisterly, scooped up two handfuls of snow and 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 is a very small camp, with about twenty tents, surrounded by carriages, and no chevaux-de-frise arranged on the periphery. The surrounding terrain is flat and there is no danger to defend. It is obvious that they do not plan to stay for a long time.

According to Qin Hu's past life memories, 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 long-time 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. If things continue to develop like this, they will surely die.

Those who wanted him dead didn't kill him in the court, so they used dark methods and sneak attacks 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 obviously a framed-up matter, and he couldn't just let it go.

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

“Qin An, how many silver notes did we bring when we left?”

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

Qin An is only 16 years old this year. He is Qin Hu's personal servant. He is very thin and weak and has already suffered a lot. He looks like he is on his last breath.

In fact, Qin Hu is not much better. In the past few days, the vanguard camp has been marching 30 li every day, and the work they have been doing is opening roads in the mountains, building bridges over rivers, chopping firewood and making fires, digging ditches and carrying water, and building camps.

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

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

Qin Hu estimates that his predecessor may have been tortured to death.

It can also be regarded as what he deserved.

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

“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 the gods move. 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 leader of the vanguard camp.