Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 68: Leaving The Imperial Capital City

Chapter 68: Leaving The Imperial Capital City

When Yang Lihuo climbed into the horse carriage, he said, "Let’s hurry and go back to the residence."

"Yes, Master." As the coachman spoke, he whipped the horse’s buttocks lightly.

The horse started walking and the horse carriage moved away from the entrance of the imperial palace, while the sun disappeared from the horizon, and the sky darkened. When the crescent moon was already hanging in the dark sky, Yang Lihuo arrived at his residence.

Getting out of the carriage, Yang Lihuo looks at the coachman and says, "Go to the back door and wait there."

Knowing that they were leaving tonight, the coachman said, "Yes, Master."

As soon as Yang Lihuo stepped into the open courtyard, he saw more than two hundred people already waiting there. Seeing her husband coming back, Old Madam Yang hurriedly asked, "How is it going, husband?"

Yang Lihuo looked at his anxious wife and said, "The emperor agreed. I’m going to change clothes and we will leave right away through the back door."

"All right. When you change your clothes, I will let the servants leave first." Old Madam Yang said with a relieved smile on her face.

"Good." Yang Lihuo nodded, and hurriedly went to change out his official robe.

When Yang Lihuo came back after changing his clothes, only his family members and a few servants with life contracts gathered at the back door waiting for him.

Yang Lihuo looked at their nervous expressions, and calmly said, "Let’s go."

After finishing speaking, he helped his wife into the horse carriage and then got into the horse carriage himself. A few minutes later, under the cover of faint moonlight, they left from the back alley and went to the north gate of the imperial capital city.

Because they left secretly, no one knew that Left Prime Minister Yang had retired. The long convoy drove for more than twenty minutes quietly, before stopping in front of the closed north gate. Standing on the city wall, Wang Yong narrowed his eyes when he saw the long convoy below.

Seeing Yang Lihuo’s face through the slightly lifted window curtain, he hurried to report to Li Zhiyuan. Lifting the door curtain, he walked into the general’s tent.

Seeing him walking in with a frown on his face, Li Zhiyuan glanced at him and asked, "Something happened?"

Wang Yong clasped his fists and said, "Reporting to the general. Left Prime Minister Yang led many horse carriages and carts, and they stopped in front of the north gate just now. It looks like they want to leave the city."

Hearing what Wang Yong said just now, Li Zhiyuan put down the bamboo scroll that he was reading and stood up.

"Let’s go and have a look." He said as he walked out of the tent.

The two arrived at the north gate within a few minutes, and saw Yang Lihuo talking to the soldiers guarding the gate. Seeing them coming, Yang Lihuo gave a polite salutation to Li Zhiyuan.

Li Zhiyuan clapped his fists, returned his salutation and asked, "Where did Left Prime Minister Yang want to go in the middle of the night?"

Yang Lihuo smiled at him and said, "This old man has already retired, and the Emperor has agreed. Since this old man misses my hometown, I plan to go back and spend the rest of my life there."

After speaking, Yang Lihuo took out his retirement book and handed it to Li Zhiyuan. Every retired minister and general gets this retirement book from the Ministry of Personnel. Yang Lihuo was in a hurry and had already asked the new Chief Minister of Personnel to prepare the retirement book in advance. When Emperor Ming agreed to his retirement, after leaving the imperial palace, he hurriedly went to the Ministry of Personnel to get his retirement book before returning to his residence.

Li Zhiyuan looked at the retirement book, and calmly looked at the stamp that was still half dried. He returned the retirement book to Yang Lihuo, and turned to look at the soldiers.

He raised his hand and said, "Open the gate."

The soldiers received his order and methodically opened the north gate. When the gate was opened, he looked at Yang Lihuo and said, "I wish you a safe journey. May we meet again in the future, Old Master Yang."

Yang Lihuo looked at Li Zhiyuan’s clear and sincere eyes for a moment, then said, "I hope General Li can make his own decision before it’s too late. This old man will take his leave now. I wish you a safe life. Farewell, General Li."

Leaving these words, Yang Lihuo got into the horse carriage and the long convoy started moving. Li Zhiyuan stood where he was, silently watching the long convoy passing by the north gate, until the soldiers closed the gate, blocking his view.

Standing behind him, Wang Yong said, "General Li, what Old Master Yang said just now..."

"Let’s wait and see. We can’t abandon our brothers and leave by ourselves." He said this in a low voice.

Wang Yong didn’t speak, but he also couldn’t leave his comrades behind and leave by himself.

Early the next morning, a group of angry citizens came to the Left Prime Minister’s residence with sticks, hoes and miscellaneous weapons. They stood in front of the closed gate of the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion and shouted for Yang Lihuo to come out. It’s a pity that they came too late, since there was no one in the Left Prime Minister’s mansion.

The crowd shouted for a long time, but no one came out. They became angrier and forced their way into the residence. After searching the entire residence, they found no one inside.

Realizing that they were too late and the residence was empty, a citizen yelled, "That dog minister has run away!"

The others finally realized that Yang Lihuo had really run away. Burning with anger, one of them shouted, "Although he had run away, there are still a few valuable things left here! Whoever gets it, it’s theirs!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, everyone became even crazier. They set out to loot the empty Left Prime Minister’s residence, looting as much as they could. After they left, the once elegant and beautiful residence was reduced into a ruin.

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