Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 2672 Convergence
"Why would you suddenly ask your father this?"

Ying Baoyue asked.

“This is actually something that An Ge and I have always wanted to ask when we were kids,” Ji Qingyuan lowered his head and smiled bitterly, “It’s been a kind of obsession for us.”

This question is indeed ridiculous, but it was a thought that lingered in his mind since childhood.

"Then why didn't you ask me when I was a child?" Ying Baoyue asked, puzzled.

“I don’t doubt that I’m not his biological son,” Ji Qingyuan explained. “I doubt whether he thinks that way.”

Everyone knows that he and Ji Ange are the children of Da Siming and Donghuang Taiyi. In terms of bloodline, he and Ji Ange should have possessed the most outstanding talents of cultivators, but their innate realm was mediocre, and their appearance did not resemble Ji Mo much.

Ji Mo has always been cold to them since childhood. Has he really never had any doubts?
Ying Baoyue understood.

What Ji Qingyuan and Ji Ange were bothered by was Ji Mo's opinion of them.

In the minds of young children, is the father's coldness towards them due to suspicion that they are not his biological children?

This is truly a childhood trauma.

Ying Baoyue sighed inwardly, "You're overthinking it."

"Don't you know what kind of person your father is? How could he raise a son for another man?"

If Ji Mo suspects that Lin Shubai has had a child with another man, Ying Baoyue thinks that Ji Mo's first thought would be to kill that man.

"If there really is such a person, it would be good enough if Ji Mo didn't kill that person."

"Really?" Ji Qingyuan looked incredulous.

“Yes,” Ying Baoyue said, speechless. “No wonder Ji Mo blew up the carriage. What stupid questions did you ask?”

“But what if he only adopted us because Mother often goes to Southern Chu to see him?” Ji Qingyuan told Ying Baoyue about his conversation with Ji Mo in the carriage.

Ying Baoyue's eyes widened in surprise.

Don't say it...you really shouldn't say it...

She truly hadn't expected Ji Mo to have such thoughts.

Although the idea is outrageous, it is not impossible.

After all, she couldn't understand Lin Shubai's decision to force Ji Qingyuan and Ji Ange onto Ji Mo. In her view, Ji Mo had already married someone else, so how could he possibly accept these two children willingly?

But Ji Mo actually accepted it.

She still remembered that before Lin Shubai took the child to Nan Chu, he simply said, "He will definitely accept it; this is his child."

Ying Baoyue still vividly remembers the certainty on Lin Shubai's face.

Faced with Ji Qingyuan's bewildered gaze, Ying Baoyue remained silent for a moment, then reached out and cupped his face before speaking solemnly.

"Qingyuan, listen carefully."

“You and An Ge are indeed Ji Mo’s biological children, and your father would never doubt that.”

“Even if you weren’t, he wouldn’t suspect anything.”

Ji Qingyuan was shocked. "Why?"

Ji Mo actually had a hundred reasons to doubt, and Lin Shubai even had her postpartum confinement in the middle of the Tang Dynasty twice.

“Because in this matter, your father would never doubt your mother.” Ying Baoyue stared intently at Ji Qingyuan. “I can guarantee this with my life.”

Ji Qingyuan was completely stunned. "I don't understand..."

“It’s normal not to understand. The relationship between your father and mother was always strange,” Ying Baoyue took a deep breath. All signs indicated that Ji Mo also played a role in Lin Shubai’s death.

But she would never tell Ji Qingyuan and Ji Ange about this.

"As for your father treating you badly..." Ying Baoyue said disdainfully, "that's because he's a problematic person."

Ji Jiashu, upon hearing this, also felt conflicted.

"Alright, you've asked your questions. Don't overthink it," Ying Baoyue said. "Go back. Also, tell Ji Mo that if he dares to lay a hand on you again, get out of the caravan. I won't let him follow us anymore." Ji Qingyuan was so shocked he couldn't speak. "Will he listen?"

“He will,” Ying Baoyue lowered her gaze. “If he can’t, there’s nothing we can do.”

"Why?" Ji Qingyuan asked, as did Ji Jiashu.

Neither of them understood.

Their father has become so unfamiliar to them lately.

Why did Ji Mo insist on following them, even at the cost of lowering his own status?
What made such a proud person like him compromise?

"It's hard to explain in a short time," Ying Baoyue shook her head. "Go on, don't ask anymore."

……

……

Ji Qingyuan returned to the Left Route Army in a daze. The carriage had been changed. He lifted the curtain and found Ji Mo sitting cross-legged inside, meditating as if nothing had happened.

Upon seeing him, Ji Mo didn't even lift his eyelids.

Ji Qingyuan silently climbed into the carriage and sat down, then relayed Ying Baoyue's words.

Ji Mo kept his eyes closed, as if he hadn't heard anything.

“Father,” Ji Qingyuan suddenly spoke.

He couldn't remember the last time he had uttered that word.

Ji Mo seemed to be shocked as well, and opened his eyes.

"What exactly are you going to do in the north? Why do you insist on coming with Baoyue?"

The atmosphere inside the carriage changed for a moment, but quickly calmed down, so fast it seemed like Ji Qingyuan's illusion.

"I'm going to kill someone."

Ji Mo's expression remained calm. "Only by following her can I see that person."

……

……

After marching for ten days, the army arrived at the border of Northern Wei.

Meng Shi led 5,000 Northern Wei cavalry to meet them at the border.

“His Majesty sent me to greet you,” Meng Shi said to Ying Baoyue. “I can travel with you, but you cannot enter Luoyang City.”

Ying Baoyue understood Yelü Hua's concerns, "The allied forces are only here to pass through and will not disturb the people of Northern Wei."

Meng Shi nodded and grasped Ying Baoyue's hand. "Northern Wei will also join your coalition, and I will serve as the commander-in-chief."

It was unheard of for a queen to serve as the commander-in-chief, but no one was surprised.

“We’ve been waiting for you,” Ying Baoyue said, squeezing Meng Shi’s hand back. “Now it’s a four-nation alliance.”

The mountain spirit has already contacted her; the Later Liao army will be waiting near the Later Liao Great Wall to aid them, along with provisions supplied by the Middle Tang Dynasty…

Thus... the six kingdoms within the Great Wall formed an alliance for the first time in seven years.

"The route that Guanghua arranged for you to pass through is here," Meng Shi took out a map from her bosom and pointed out the route to Ying Baoyue. "This is the fastest route that allows the army to pass through and reach the Eternal Night Great Wall the fastest. However, the area beyond this city has not yet been recovered."

After the Great Wall of Yongye was breached, the Western Rong people entered the territory of Northern Wei and occupied almost half of the country.

After Ying Baoyue led his army to aid Luoyang and won the last victory, the Northern Wei army regrouped and recovered a large amount of the lost territory, but a quarter of the land was still occupied by bandits and the Western Rong people.

"Youzhou?"

Ying Baoyue stared at the name of the city on the map, "It seems our first battle will begin here."

(End of this chapter)