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 his body. The wind was howling outside, and he felt a strange sense of confusion.

"Hey, Young Marquis, why are you so confused? We're in the military camp. It's time for us to stand guard. If you don't get up, it's a military offense. Even the Old Marquis can't protect you now."

"What?"

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

As he was about to open his mouth to ask something, a splitting headache suddenly struck, and a huge stream of information flooded into his mind. 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 young devils of the capital!

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

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, not fond of reading or martial arts, only playing, eating, drinking, and making merry, rampaging through the capital.

When he grew up, his family wanted him to settle down, so they arranged a marriage. 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 occurred 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 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 prison of the Inner Guards. He was told that he had molested the princess while drunk, with malicious intent.

Even more bizarre was what followed. Chen Ruoli actually submitted a letter impeaching her fiancé, Qin Hu, for seventy-two illegal acts, each with evidence.

Qin Hu felt as if struck by lightning at the time and could hardly believe his ears...

The imperial decree came down quickly. Considering Qin Hu's ancestors' merits, he was spared the death penalty, but could not escape punishment. He was sent 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 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, besides being a playboy, was almost useless. It could be said that he had completely disgraced the Champion Marquis's Mansion.

You must know that the Champion Marquises of previous generations were all heroic figures, with unparalleled influence in the army, 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 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 evil young man.

So a disaster came!

As for the Chang An Princess, it was even simpler. She was a cousin of Qin Hu's cousin. As long as Qin Hu died, the huge 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 the marquis's gate is like entering the deep sea. There are really 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, with its harsh whistling, swept 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 by military law."

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

The thin Qin An accidentally got blown over directly 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 bonfire, and then crawled into the tent.

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

This is a very small camp, with about twenty tents, surrounded by carriages, without even the most basic defenses like chevaux-de-frise. The terrain nearby is flat, without any natural defenses. It's clear that they don't plan to stay here 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 troops this time was the Yu Dynasty's long-time enemy on the border, the Liao Dong 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. 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 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 clearly a case of being framed, and he couldn't let it go.

Life is an endless struggle for survival. Just wait, not only will I live, 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 sent to the army as punishment, 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不堪折磨, looking like he only has one breath left.

Actually, Qin Hu is not much better. In the past few days, the vanguard camp has marched 30 *li* every day, and the work they do is opening roads through mountains, building bridges over rivers, chopping firewood and making fires, digging ditches and carrying water, and building camps.

And what would happen if these two delicate guys stayed with hundreds of rough soldiers every day?

They definitely do the hardest work, eat the worst food, get the most vicious beatings, and suffer the most anger...

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 thought about it. 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 always works.

But in this situation, he cannot 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.