Upon hearing this, Duanmu Junyu frowned immediately: "You mean your father is still alive? But didn't he die on the battlefield?"
Su Yun'an raised his head and explained, "My sister and I originally thought so too, but then some things happened, and my sister and I began to suspect that there was something wrong with Father's body. Mother, do you remember that Father had a blue dragon mark on his shoulder?"
"Azure Dragon Mark?" How could Duanmu Junyu know what mark Su Renzhong had on his shoulder? But thinking of the mark, she immediately asked nervously, "What kind of Azure Dragon Mark is it?"
Is it the Azure Dragon Mark she was thinking of?
But Su Renzhong isn't from Eastern Chu, so how could he have the Azure Dragon mark?
Su Yun'an recalled Duanmu Junyu's amnesia and described it to her: "It's a Azure Dragon mark similar to the Vermilion Bird mark on my mother's shoulder. My brother-in-law once said that only royal families of various countries possess such marks. My brother-in-law has a Black Tortoise mark on his shoulder, and my mother has a Vermilion Bird mark. If my father's shoulder mark is a real Azure Dragon mark, then my father is a member of the Northern Wei royal family."
Duanmu Junyu was stunned again: "Isn't your father Su Renzhong? Isn't Su Renzhong from Eastern Chu? How could he be a member of the Northern Wei royal family?"
She didn't have many memories of Su Renzhong. She only remembered that she had personally led troops to the battlefield and faced Su Renzhong. At that time, Su Renzhong was brave and skilled in battle. She even had someone investigate Su Renzhong's information. The information found at that time was that Su Renzhong was just from a rural village in Dongchu. He was not from any aristocratic family in Dongchu, nor did he come from any general's mansion. He was able to rise to prominence entirely because of his bravery and skill in leading troops!
How could someone with no background possibly be a member of the Northern Wei royal family?
Su Yun'an knew these things would surprise his mother, after all, he and his sister had been just as surprised back then.
"Because my brother-in-law suspected my father's background, and my sister also suspected that my father's death, besides being related to Su Huiyan and Su Renyi, might also be related to the Su family army led by my father, my sister sent me to investigate my father's hometown, Su Family Village. As a result, after I went to Su Family Village, I found out that my father and Su Renyi's birth dates were only eight months apart, which means that my father was not born to my grandmother at all, and he also seemed not to be born to my grandfather. However, according to the village chief of Su Family Village, my grandparents treated my father very well, not only sending him to school but also sending him to learn martial arts."
Later, under the guise of repairing graves, I opened the coffins of my grandparents and father. There was nothing unusual in the ancestral coffins, but I found a curved sword commonly used by Northern Wei soldiers in my grandmother's coffin. When I opened my father's coffin, I found it had been pried open. At first, I thought his grave had been robbed, but upon opening it, I found that the burial objects were intact. Later, my uncle discovered a problem with the leg bones of my father's remains. That remains had been paralyzed for several years before death, while my father had always been in good health. Therefore, my uncle was certain that the remains were not my father's!
Duanmu Junyu finally understood and frowned, saying, "You mean the remains in your father's grave are not your father's, but that doesn't mean your father is still alive. It's possible that someone switched your father's remains?"
Su Yun'an raised an eyebrow: "But if Father didn't have a special identity, why would anyone want to replace his remains? Father is already dead, what would those people want his remains for? Besides, my sister said Father was nine feet tall, extremely tall, a height rarely seen in Eastern Chu. It wouldn't have been easy for those people to find a body similar in stature to replace Father. Moreover, when Father was sent back, his face was smashed to a bloody pulp, only the blue dragon mark on his shoulder was still recognizable. My sister said that what was sent back then wasn't Father's body anymore, and the people who replaced Father knew the blue dragon mark on his shoulder, so they must have been from Northern Wei. The reason those Northern Wei people sent back a fake body was to replace Father with someone from Northern Wei!"
Duanmu Junyu nodded silently. She had to admit that the two children's analysis made a lot of sense: "If it really was the Northern Wei people who sent a fake corpse of your father to Eastern Chu, then your father is very likely still alive."
She really didn't expect that Su Renzhong was actually a member of the Northern Wei royal family.
The connection between them is truly amazing. First, it was Eastern Chu, and then it was Northern Wei. What kind of fate is this?
She had initially thought Su Renzhong was dead, but now her child was telling her that Su Renzhong might still be alive...
Su Yun'an raised her eyebrows: "My sister said the same thing. She said that Father might be in Northern Wei now, and he is already a member of the Northern Wei royal family. Perhaps, like Mother, he is also in the Northern Wei palace."
Duanmu Junyu patted Su Yun'an's head: "Do you want to go to Northern Wei to find him?"
Su Yun'an thought for a moment and said, "I miss my mother and I also miss my father, but I have only just arrived in Xiliang, and the situation in Dongchu is still very urgent. I don't have time to go to Beiwei to find my father. But when I have time in the future, I may go to Beiwei to find my father!"
Not only his mother, but also his father's affairs were the key to his and his sister's whereabouts.
There are still many things waiting for them to do, so it's unrealistic for them to go to Northern Wei to find their father right now. Perhaps he will go if he has the opportunity in the future.
The child was so sensible that Duanmu Junyu felt sorry for him. Duanmu Junyu comforted him, saying, "I promise you, once I have completely regained control of Xiliang, I will send someone to Beiwei to inquire about your father's whereabouts."
Now that she has just returned to Xiliang, she really doesn't have much time to spare.
"Good!" Su Yun'an was very happy to hear that Duanmu Junyu was willing to send someone to Northern Wei to find her father.
Does this mean that although the mother doesn't remember the father, she still cares about him in her heart?
Actually, Su Yun'an was overthinking it. She wasn't thinking about Su Renzhong. She was willing to send someone to Northern Wei to find Su Renzhong entirely for the sake of the two children!
If finding Su Renzhong is the wish of her two children, she can send someone to look for him, but not now. She has to wait until she has regained control of everything in Xiliang before sending someone to Beiwei.
Suddenly remembering something, Duanmu Junyu frowned again and said, "You just said that your father's past might be related to the Su family army he led?"
Su Yun'an nodded: "Yes, my sister said that with Father's abilities, it wouldn't be so easy for Su Huiyan and Su Renyi to harm him, let alone capture him in Northern Wei and then use a fake corpse to impersonate him. Such a complicated plan is something that Su Huiyan and Su Renyi might not even know. Moreover, the 300,000-strong Su family army appeared out of nowhere in Eastern Chu and so easily submitted to Father. Even the emperor of Eastern Chu couldn't control the Su family army. This Su family army is most likely connected to Northern Wei. So my sister guesses that what happened to Father back then might be related to someone in the Su family army."
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