Chapter 84

"Little 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, and the strong wind outside made him feel even more strange.

"Oh, Little Marquis, why are you so dazed? We're in the military camp. It's our turn to stand guard at this hour. 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, with a soldier in leather armor in front of him.

Just as he was about to ask something, he suddenly felt a splitting headache, and a massive flow of information flooded his mind. A few seconds later, he realized he had been transported to another world.

He had been a modern special forces soldier, but now he was in the body of a young marquis also named Qin Hu, the leader of the seven notorious young men in the capital!

This era, known as the Great Yu Dynasty, did not exist in history.

Qin Hu's ancestors were among the four dukes and twenty-eight marquises who founded the Great Yu. 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 childhood, disliking reading and martial arts, and indulging in pleasure, wreaking havoc in the capital.

When he grew up, his family wanted to settle him down and arranged a marriage for him. The bride was the eldest daughter of the Chen Marquis, named Chen Roli, a noble lady of great beauty and wisdom.

Qin Hu, who was cruel to others, was exceptionally gentle and obedient to his beautiful fiancée, treating her like a treasure.

But the trouble started with this childhood sweetheart, Chen Roli.

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, who had been friends with Chen Roli since childhood, arranged a banquet.

However, Qin Hu drank to the point of blacking out. When he woke up, he was already in the imperial prison. He was accused of drunkenly molesting the princess and having improper intentions.

What was even more bizarre was that Chen Roli filed a petition accusing her fiancé, Qin Hu, of seventy-two illegal acts, all of which were well-documented.

Qin Hu felt as if he had been struck by five thunderbolts, unable to believe his ears...

The imperial edict came quickly. Considering Qin Hu's ancestors' contributions, he was spared the death penalty but was exiled to Youzhou to serve in the military, retaining his title to see how he would perform.

However, upon arriving in Youzhou, he was quickly assigned to the front lines as a vanguard.

After these events flashed through his mind, Qin Hu realized it was a trap.

The Chen Marquis had long wanted to break the engagement.

The marriage between the Qin and Chen families was a political alliance, and both families wanted to become stronger. However, the current Qin Hu was nothing but a playboy, bringing shame to the Champion Marquis household.

Historically, the Champion Marquises were all heroic figures with unparalleled influence in the military. But in this generation, a useless person who had never been to the battlefield appeared.

While the old Marquis was alive, the Chen Marquis still gave him face, but after the old Marquis died, the Chen Marquis showed his true colors and staged a wedding cancellation at the funeral.

But Qin Hu deeply loved Chen Roli and refused to let her go, while Chen Roli had long grown to despise him.

Thus, a disaster befell him!

As for Chang'an Princess, it was even simpler. She was the cousin of Qin Hu's cousin. If Qin Hu died, the vast wealth of the Champion Marquis household would naturally fall to his cousin.

These forces, each with their own interests, quickly united...

Indeed, once one enters the gates of the nobility, the sea of troubles is deep. There were many people who wanted him dead.

"Qin An, can we find a place to shelter from the wind?"

Under the bright moonlight, the harsh north wind whistled across the open field, making the torches flicker and cutting into their skin like countless knives.

"No, Little Marquis, we'll be punished by military law."

Qin Hu and Qin An, hunched over, ran out of the camp, trudging through the thick snow.

The thin and weak Qin An was knocked over by the strong wind.

The two soldiers on duty, seeing them come out, exchanged sinister smiles, extinguished the warming fire with snow, and then retreated into the tent.

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

This was a small camp with about twenty tents, surrounded by wagons, and no defensive barriers. The surrounding terrain was flat, offering no natural defenses, clearly not intended for a long stay.

According to Qin Hu's memory from his previous life, there were about two hundred men here, the vanguard of General Li Qin of the Great Yu's northern expeditionary force.

The target of Li Qin's two-thousand-strong army was the Liao Dong Kingdom, a long-standing enemy of the Great Yu on the border.

"Cough, cough, Little Marquis, do you think we can survive and return?"

Qin An, curled up on the snow, his lips and face blue, spoke weakly, as if he could die at any moment.

Qin Hu sighed inwardly. Qin An was purely a victim of his own misfortune. If things continued like this, they would surely die.

Those who wanted him dead had failed to kill him in the court, so they were now trying to do so in the military camp, plotting to finish him off.

But Qin Hu was not one to sit and wait for death. This was clearly a setup, and he would not let it go.

Life is a constant struggle for survival. Wait and see, I will not only survive but also return to the capital to settle accounts with you.

"Qin An, how much silver did we bring when we left?"

"We have no silver tickets. I only have twenty taels of silver. The imperial edict said we were exiled, and our property was seized."

Qin An was only sixteen years old, Qin Hu's personal servant, thin and weak, already unable to endure the torment, looking like he was on his last breath.

Qin Hu wasn't much better. In the past few days, the vanguard camp had marched thirty miles each day, and their work involved clearing paths, building bridges, chopping wood, making fires, digging ditches, and fetching water, as well as setting up the camp.

What would it be like for these two delicate young men to spend every day with hundreds of rough soldiers?

They would do the hardest work, eat the worst food, suffer the harshest beatings, and endure the greatest humiliation...

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

He deserved it, perhaps.

But now, he had to endure this hardship. If he couldn't, he would die.

"Give it to me."

Qin Hu had made up his mind. He must first ensure Qin An's survival, and then think of other ways.

To survive wasn't difficult. The simplest method was to bribe, as the saying goes, money can move mountains. This method, though primitive, always worked.

But in this situation, he couldn't bribe high-ranking officials because no one would dare to associate with him. Besides, he had no money.

So, he thought of one person, the centurion Li Xiaokun.

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