Knocked Away

His memories ended abruptly there, because the screen went black.

After waking from his coma, Xu Yuan heard that Xu Changge was handling official business in the study of the inner courtyard. Ignoring the pain wracking his body, he immediately limped over to ask about the outcome.

That pretentious king did not even raise his head, merely replying indifferently, "We won."

Then he was tossed back onto his bed to recuperate.

During the period when he had faked his death and was bored out of his mind, Xu Yuan had tried to look into the details of that incident.

However, the records concerning the battle between Xu Changge and Mu Hongli were exceedingly vague. The files only mentioned it in passing, with the most extensive notes being the investigation into Mu Zhiyun.

They must have been redacted. Otherwise, there should at least have been a conclusion as to who won and who lost.

After giving it some thought at the time, Xu Yuan understood the reason.

Any records detrimental to unity had to be erased.

The Prime Minister's Estate and the imperial faction were allies, and together they formed the court of Great Yan. The Marquis of Martial Achievement Estate was one of the imperial faction's key pillars. As the eldest legitimate heirs of the Marquis of Martial Achievement Estate and the Prime Minister's Estate respectively, the conflict between Xu Changge and Mu Hongli had to be reduced from a major matter to a minor one, then made to disappear altogether.

Still, even without those records, Xu Yuan could roughly deduce the outcome.

First, although Mu Hongli had trained in martial arts as a secondary discipline, his main cultivation was still military formations.

Second, Xu Changge had been fishing for lawbreakers throughout that period.

Though he had long since entered