Chapter 396: Go Quickly and Invite Buddha Rulai!

Hearing his eldest son say that this young lady was pregnant, Yan Yan Fugui felt no joy at the addition of a new family member, only an inexplicable heartache.

Yu Li was just a bit sharp-tempered, but this daughter-in-law was by no means bad.

It was Yan Yan Fugui himself who had made the decision to choose this wife for the eldest branch back when the match was first arranged.

In the subsequent births...

"Young Lord, please get up quickly; it is our turn to patrol."

"Where am I?"

Qin Hu sat up groggily, feeling a chill on his body while a strong wind blew howling outside, instantly filling his heart with strangeness.

"Oh, Young Lord, how can you be so confused? We are in the military camp. It is our shift to stand guard at this hour; if you do not rise, you will be punished by military law, and even the Old Lord cannot protect you now."

"What?"

Qin Hu opened his eyes and saw that he was currently inside a tent, with a small soldier wearing leather armor standing before him.

Just as he was about 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 soldier into the body of a Young Lord also named Qin Hu, the leader of the Seven Evil Young Masters of Jingcheng!

As for this era called the Great Yu Dynasty, it simply 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 fell ill and died, and Qin Hu inherited the title, becoming the new Marquis of Champion.

Qin Hu had been spoiled by his parents since childhood; he loved neither studying nor practicing martial arts, indulging only in play, eating, drinking, and having fun, running rampant throughout Jingcheng.

When he grew up, his family wanted him to settle down, so they arranged a marriage for him with the eldest daughter of the Duke of Chen, named Chen Chen Ruoli, a noble young lady who was beautiful on the outside and wise within.

This Qin Hu was vicious and cruel to everyone else, yet toward this flower-like fiancée of his, he was obedient in every way, treating her like a precious treasure.

But the trouble happened to arise precisely from this childhood sweetheart, the Eldest Miss Chen.

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

But later, Qin Hu drank until he blacked out, and when he woke up, he was already in the Imperial Prison of the Inner Guard; he was informed that he had drunkenly harassed the Princess and attempted improper acts.

Even more bizarrely, what followed was that Chen Chen Ruoli actually submitted a memorial impeaching her fiancé Qin Hu for seventy-two illegal offenses, each and every one supported by evidence.

At that moment, Qin Hu felt as if struck by five thunderbolts, simply unable to believe his own ears...

The imperial edict arrived quickly; considering that Qin Hu's ancestors had rendered merit, the crime of death could be waived but the crime of life could not escape, so he was exiled to Youzhou to serve in the army, retaining his noble title to observe his future conduct.

However, after arriving in Youzhou, he was quickly assigned to the front lines—to serve at the vanguard tent.

After these events flashed through Qin Hu's mind, he basically understood it all; this must be a trap.

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

The Qin and Chen families were originally a political marriage alliance, both wanting to grow stronger and larger, but the later Qin Hu, apart from being a prodigal son, was almost good for nothing, having thoroughly disgraced the face of the Champion Marquis Manor.

It must be known that every generation of Champion Marquises had been heroic figures with incomparable influence in the military, yet in this generation, a good-for-nothing who had never stepped onto a battlefield appeared.

While the Old Lord was alive, the Duke of Chen still showed face, but after the Old Lord died, the Duke of Chen turned his back without mercy, actually staging a scene of breaking off the engagement right in the mourning hall.

But Qin Hu deeply loved Chen Chen Ruoli and refused to agree no matter what, while Chen Chen Ruoli had long become extremely disgusted with him, this evil young master.

And so, a calamity descended upon him!

As for Princess Chang'an, the matter was even simpler: she was the cousin of Qin Hu's older male cousin, so as long as Qin Hu died, the vast family assets of the Champion Marquis Manor would naturally all fall into the hands of this male cousin.

These several factions, each seeking what they needed, joined forces in corruption, uniting together so rapidly...

Indeed, once one enters a marquis's gate, it is as deep as the sea; there truly are many people who want him dead.

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

Under the bright moonlight, the rough northern wind carried a piercing whistle as it swept across the empty plains, blowing the few torches until they flickered on and off, cutting against people's skin like countless flying knives.

"We cannot, Young Lord, or we will be punished by military law."

Qin Hu and Qin An, hunching their heads and tucking their feet against the wind, ran out from the camp, stepping on the thick snow as they moved forward.

The frail Qin An, caught off guard, was directly flipped over by the strong wind.

Two sentries changing shifts saw them come out, exchanged sinister smiles, scooped up two handfuls of snow to extinguish the warming bonfire, and then ducked into their tent.

Damn it, even the small soldiers have been bought off; they want to freeze Laozi to death!

This was a very small camp, with about twenty tents, surrounded by wagons; the outer perimeter had not even arranged horse barriers or antlers, and the nearby terrain was flat with no defensible positions, making it obvious they had no intention of stationing there long-term.

According to Qin Hu's memories from his previous life, about two hundred people were stationed here; they were the vanguard camp of Li Qin, the General Who Conquers the North of the Yu Dynasty.

The target of Li Qin's twenty-thousand-strong army on this expedition was the Yu Dynasty's sworn enemy on the border, the State of Liaodong.

"Cough, cough, Young Lord, do you think we can still make it back alive?" Qin An curled his entire body up on the snowy ground, his lips and face blue, speaking so weakly it seemed he might die at any moment.

Qin Hu sighed inwardly; Qin An was purely implicated by him, and if things continued to develop this way, both of them would surely die.

Those who wanted him dead, having failed to kill him in the imperial court, were now using underhanded tricks and blunt clubs in the military camp, trying to beat him to death.

But Qin Hu was absolutely not someone who would sit waiting for death; this was clearly a case of being framed, and he could not let it rest.

Life is inherently an endless struggle for survival; just wait, Laozi will not only survive but will also kill my way back to Jingcheng to settle accounts with you all.

"Qin An, when we left home, how many silver notes did we bring?"

"There are no silver notes left; I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial edict stated that we are exiled as convicts, and our family assets are sealed and confiscated."

Qin An was only sixteen years old this year; he was Qin Hu's personal book boy, very frail in appearance, already unable to bear the torment, looking as if only one breath remained in him.

Actually, Qin Hu was not much better off; in these past few days, the vanguard camp marched thirty li every day, and the work they did was clearing paths when encountering mountains and building bridges when meeting water, chopping firewood and making fires, digging ditches and carrying water, and constructing the camp.

And what situation would these two tender-skinned fellows face when staying together every day with several hundred burly roughnecks?

They would certainly do the most exhausting work, eat the worst food, suffer the most vicious beatings, and endure the greatest humiliation...

Qin Hu estimated that his predecessor had probably been tortured to death.

It could be considered that he deserved his punishment.

It was just that this bitterness must now be borne by him; if he could not bear it, he would die as well.

"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 methods.

And to preserve one's life was actually not difficult; the simplest method was bribery. As the saying goes, wealth can move the gods. This method, though primitive, always worked.

But in the current situation, he could not bribe high officials, for no one dared to associate with him. Besides, he had no money.

So a name came to his mind: Centurion Li Li Xiaokun.

That is, the current leader of the Vanguard Camp. To read the latest chapter content, please download 【the app】 for ad-free free reading of the latest chapter content.