Chapter 2279: News of the Mulan People

————I only managed to make up the first two chapters due to overtime, the rest will be made up tomorrow~

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Xia Duo felt that the Imaska side might be trying to use energy-conducting materials of unknown cost as cheap materials to trade for his Arcane Crystal; if so, the preparation methods for these materials might not be within the scope of the trade...

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

"Where am I?"

Qin Hu sat up in a daze, feeling a chill all over his body, and with a strong wind howling outside, he immediately felt a sense of strangeness in his heart.

"Oh, Young Marquis, why are you so confused? We are in the Military Camp. It's our turn to stand guard at this hour; if we don't get up, we'll be dealt with by military law. Even the Old Marquis can't protect you now."

"What?"

Qin Hu opened his eyes and saw that he was currently in a tent, with a soldier wearing Leather Armor in front of him.

Just as he wanted to open his mouth to ask something, a splitting headache suddenly struck, and a massive stream of information rushed into his mind. A few seconds later, he knew he had transmigrated.

He had transmigrated from a modern special forces Warrior into a young marquis also named Qin Hu, the head of the seven great evil youths of Jingcheng!

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

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

Qin Hu had been spoiled by his parents since childhood; he did not like to study, did not like to practice martial arts, and only knew how to play, eat, drink, and make merry, running rampant in Jingcheng.

When he grew up, his family wanted him to settle down, so they arranged a marriage. The woman was the eldest daughter of Duke Chen, named Chen Ruoli, a lady from a prestigious family, both beautiful and virtuous.

This Qin Hu was vicious to everyone else, but he was completely obedient to this beautiful fiancée, treating her like a treasure.

Yet, the trouble happened precisely because of this childhood sweetheart, the eldest daughter of the Chen family.

According to Qin Hu's memory, that day he took his fiancée into the palace to pay respects to the current Chang'an Princess. The Princess and Chen Ruoli had been close since childhood, so she arranged a banquet.

But later, Qin Hu drank until he blacked out. When he woke up, he was already in the Imperial Prison of the Inner Guard. He was told that he had drunkenly molested the Princess and had ulterior motives.

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

Qin Hu felt as if he had been struck by lightning at the time; he simply could not believe his ears...

The imperial decree came down quickly. Considering the merits of Qin Hu's ancestors, the death penalty was waived, but he could not escape punishment. He was exiled to Youzhou to serve in the military, retaining his title to see how he would perform in the future.

But after arriving in Youzhou, he was quickly assigned to the front line—to serve under the Vanguard Battalion.

After these events passed through Qin Hu's mind, he basically understood that this must be a trap.

Because Duke Chen had long wanted to break off the engagement with him.

The Qin family and the Chen family were originally in a political marriage, and both sides wanted to grow stronger. But the later Qin Hu was almost useless except for being a playboy, and it could be said that he had disgraced the Champion Marquis Mansion.

You must know that the successive Champion Marquises were all heroic figures with incomparable influence in the military, but this generation produced a piece of trash who had never even been on a battlefield.

When the Old Marquis was alive, Duke Chen still gave him face. After the Old Marquis died, Duke Chen turned heartless and even staged a scene of breaking off the engagement in the mourning hall.

But Qin Hu loved Chen Ruoli deeply and refused to agree no matter what, while Chen Ruoli had long been disgusted by this evil youth.

And so, a disaster descended!

As for the Chang'an Princess, that 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 Mansion would naturally fall to this cousin.

These forces, each taking what they needed, colluded together and united rapidly just like that...

It really is true that once you enter the marquis's gate, it is as deep as the sea; there are really so 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, carrying a shrill whistle, swept across the empty wilderness, blowing the few torches until they flickered, and it felt like countless flying knives cutting into people's skin.

"I can't, Young Marquis, we will be dealt with by military law."

Qin Hu and Qin An, hunched over, braved the wind as they ran out of the camp, stepping on the thick snow as they moved forward.

The thin and weak Qin An was not paying attention and was blown over directly by the strong wind.

The two sentries changing shifts saw them come out, exchanged sinister smiles, scooped up two handfuls of snow to extinguish the campfire they were using for warmth, and then ducked into a tent.

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

This was a very small camp, with about twenty tents, surrounded by horse-drawn carriages. There were not even any anti-cavalry obstacles arranged on the perimeter, and the nearby terrain was flat with no defenses to hold, so it was clear they didn't intend to stay for long.

According to the memories of Qin Hu's previous life, about two hundred people were stationed here; they were the Vanguard Battalion of the Northern Expedition General Li Qin of the Yu Dynasty.

And the target of Li Qin's twenty-thousand-strong army this time was the Yu Dynasty's long-time enemy on the border, the Liaodong State.

"Cough, cough, Young Marquis, do you think we can still return alive?" Qin An's whole body was curled up on the snow, his lips and face were blue, and his voice was weak, as if he could 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, they would undoubtedly die.

Those who wanted him dead didn't finish him off in the imperial court, so they were playing dirty tricks in the military camp, trying to beat him to death.

But Qin Hu was definitely not someone who would sit and wait for death. This was clearly a case of being framed, and he could not let it go.

Life is inherently an endless struggle for survival. Just wait; I will not only survive but also kill my way back to Jingcheng to settle the score with you all.

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

"There is no silver left. I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial decree said we were exiled to the military, and our family property was confiscated."

Qin An was only 16 years old this year and was Qin Hu's personal page. He was very thin and weak, and having long been unable to bear the torture, he looked like he had only one breath left.

Actually, Qin Hu was no better off. In the past few days, the Vanguard Battalion had marched 30 li every day, and the work they did was opening roads through mountains, building bridges over water, chopping wood for fires, digging trenches, carrying water, and setting up tents.

And what would happen to these two delicate fellows staying with hundreds of burly soldiers every day?

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

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

It could be considered that he deserved it.

It's just that this suffering now had to be borne by him; if he couldn't bear it, he would die too.

"Give it to me."

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

And saving his life was actually not difficult; the simplest method was bribery. As the saying goes, money can move the gods. Although this method is primitive, it is always effective.

But in the current situation, he could not go to bribe high-ranking officials, because no one dared to be associated with him. Besides, he had no money.

So, a person came to his mind: Centurion Li Xiaokun.

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