Chapter 406: A Sincere Gesture

Gu Ning stopped in front of the car and looked at Li Xuewu's expression before shifting her gaze away.

The words Li Xuewu had spoken that morning were still echoing in her ears even as she got off work.

"No, I just happened to run into your sister-in-law."

Li Xuewu was also feeling quite awkward; ever since he started calling Ding Fengxia "Mom," the family had often...

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

"Where am I?"

Qin Hu sat up, feeling dazed and chilly. Outside, a fierce wind was howling, which immediately struck him as strange.

"Oh, Little Marquis, why are you so confused? 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 currently in a tent, with a soldier in leather armor standing before him.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask something, a splitting headache suddenly struck him. A massive stream of information flooded his mind, and a few seconds later, he realized he had transmigrated.

He had transmigrated from a modern special forces soldier into the body of a young marquis also named Qin Hu, the leader of the seven great wicked youths of the capital!

And this era, called the Great 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 Great Yu. His father had passed away from illness three months ago, and Qin Hu had inherited the title, becoming the new Champion Marquis.

Qin Hu had been spoiled by his parents since childhood; he didn't like reading or martial arts, only playing, eating, drinking, and running wild in the capital.

When he grew up, his family wanted him to settle down, so they arranged a marriage. The bride was the eldest daughter of Duke Chen, named Chen Ruoli, a lady from a prestigious family who was 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 precious treasure.

Yet, the trouble stemmed precisely from this childhood sweetheart, the eldest daughter of the Chen family.

According to Qin Hu's memories, that day he had taken his fiancée to the palace to pay respects to Princess Changan. 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 Inner Guard's imperial prison. He was told he had drunkenly molested the princess and had ulterior motives.

Even more bizarrely, Chen Ruoli had submitted a memorial impeaching her fiancé, Qin Hu, for seventy-two crimes, each one backed by evidence.

Qin Hu felt as if he had been struck by lightning; he simply couldn't believe his ears...

Qin Hu felt as if he had been struck by lightning; he simply couldn't believe his ears...

But after arriving in Youzhou, he was quickly assigned to the front lines—serving in the vanguard.

After reviewing these events in his mind, Qin Hu basically figured it out: this must be a trap.

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

The Qin and Chen families were in a political marriage, both wanting to grow stronger. But the later Qin Hu was nothing but a playboy, useless in every way, and could be said to have brought shame to the Champion Hou Fu.

You must know that every generation of Champion Marquises were heroic figures with unparalleled influence in the military, yet this generation had produced a waste who had never even been on a battlefield.

When the Old Marquis was alive, Duke Chen gave him face, but after the Old Marquis died, Duke Chen turned heartless, even staging a scene of breaking off the engagement at the funeral hall.

But Qin Hu loved Chen Ruoli deeply and refused to agree, while Chen Ruoli had long been disgusted by this wicked youth.

And so, a disaster descended!

As for Princess Changan, it was even simpler. She was the cousin of Qin Hu's cousin. As long as Qin Hu died, the vast wealth of the Champion Hou Fu would naturally fall to this cousin.

These forces, each taking what they needed, colluded and united rapidly...

Truly, once you enter the gates of a noble house, it is as deep as the sea. There were really so many people who wanted him dead.

"Qin An, do you think we can find a place to hide from the wind?"

Under the bright moonlight, the brutal north wind carried a piercing whistle, sweeping across the empty wilderness, blowing the torches until they flickered, cutting into people's skin like countless flying knives.

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

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

The frail Qin An wasn't paying attention and was knocked 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 campfire they were using for warmth, and then ducked into their tent.

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

This was a very small camp with about twenty tents, surrounded by carriages. There weren't even any obstacles like caltrops or deer antlers on the perimeter, and the terrain nearby was flat with no defensive advantages. It was clear they didn't intend to stay long.

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

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

"Cough, cough, Little Marquis, do you think we can make it back alive?" Qin An curled his entire body up on the snow, his lips and face blue, his voice weak as if he could die at any moment.

Qin Hu sighed inwardly. Qin An was purely implicated by him, and if things continued this way, they would both surely die.

Those who wanted him dead hadn't managed to finish him off in the imperial court, so they were now using underhanded tactics in the military camp to beat him to death.

But Qin Hu was definitely not someone who would sit and wait for death. This was clearly a frame-up, and he wouldn't let it go.

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

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

"There's no silver left. I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial decree said we were being exiled for military service, and our assets were confiscated."

Qin An was only 16 this year, Qin Hu's personal page. He was very frail and had long been unable to endure the torture, looking like he had only one breath left.

Actually, Qin Hu wasn't much better off. For the past few days, the vanguard battalion had been marching 30 li a day, doing work like clearing paths through mountains, building bridges over water, chopping wood, digging trenches, and setting up camp.

And what would it be like for these two delicate fellows to be with hundreds of rough soldiers every day?

It must be doing the hardest work, eating the worst food, suffering the cruelest beatings, and enduring the greatest humiliation...

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

It could be considered his just deserts.

But this suffering now had to be borne by him. If he couldn't handle it, he would die too.

"Give it to me."

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

And saving his life wasn't actually difficult. The simplest method was bribery. As the saying goes, money can move the gods. This method was primitive, but it always worked.

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

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

He was the current head of the vanguard battalion. To read the latest chapters, please download and read them for free without ads...