Scientific Travel

Although the chess ox cannot plow the land, it can be eaten. In this day and age, being able to eat is far more important than being able to plow the land, so its price is more than ten times higher than the plowing ox that Deng Yin bought before.

Deng Yin never expected that Wei Wujiang's life was so worthless that she couldn't even afford ten chess oxen.

Considering that opening a shop would be another expense, Deng Yin only bought five chess bulls.

Of these five chess bulls, four are cows and one is a bull. The cows cost twice as much as the bulls, and if the bulls didn't not produce milk, Deng Yin would definitely have bought two more bulls.

With so many chess bulls, it would be hard not to attract attention. Deng Yin originally wanted to wait until a quiet and deserted place to store all the bulls into her spatial storage, but she had people following her all the way.

It doesn't seem like they were just passing by; they probably wanted to steal it.

Deng Yin led the cows onto another road. She put one cow into her spatial storage. Once the sound of the cows walking had completely disappeared, the people behind her couldn't stand still and followed her in.

The road had many forks, but fortunately there were enough people who followed, and they searched for the cows in pairs.

Robber A: "I don't have any."

Robber B: "I don't have any."

Robber C: "I don't have any either."

The robber, woman A: "Could she have spotted us? I don't have anything here."

After searching for a while, the eight robbers discovered that all the beef they had almost gotten their hands on had escaped.

The cow ran away, but Deng Yin didn't. She squatted on the wall and watched the crowd.

Deng Yin waved at them and asked with a smile, "Are you looking for me?"

At first, he kept quiet to see if they really wanted to steal it. Now that he was sure they really wanted to steal it, Deng Yin stopped hiding it.

None of us were professionals, so we were all startled when we suddenly heard Deng Yin's voice.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Deng Yin said, "I just heard you guys looking for me. Is there something you need?"

The group exchanged glances, and in each other's eyes they saw determination.

Those are five chess bulls! That's enough to feed them for a long time. Since this person can buy so many chess bulls at once, he must be quite wealthy.

That's how rich people are; a little money slipping through their fingers is enough for an ordinary person to live on for a lifetime.

The robber, A, spoke first: "You seem like a smart man. If you know what's good for you, give us back the five cows you just bought, and we won't make things difficult for you."

The crowd remained silent, clearly acknowledging the robbery of the man.

Deng Yin: "What if I don't want to give it?"

Robber A: "Then we can only beat you until you're willing to pay."

Deng Yin stood up, looked down at the group of people, and said, "In that case, you may come up here."

Deng Yin's attitude angered them. Even though she was the one who was robbed, her arrogant attitude made it seem as if she were the one who was robbed.

Sure enough, the rich don't care about ordinary people.

The wall wasn't very high, and fueled by anger, one person stepped on another's shoulders, until the last person was pulled up by two others.

It's less of a wall and more of a roof. You can tell the house is spacious inside. Nine people can stand on it, but there's still plenty of empty space.

Once everyone had gone up, Deng used a hook to snag on the eaves and jumped off the wall.

Deng Yin had to rush into the space to make this hook. It was his first time making one, so he had no experience and couldn't get it off the wall.

To make this impressive entrance, Deng Yin climbed up on chess pieces.

Going up doesn't work very well, and coming down doesn't work very well either.

If the wall hadn't been low enough, Deng Yin would definitely have fallen today.

Even so, she still sprained her ankle.

It didn't hurt much; she wouldn't lose face, so she showed no sign of it.

After seeing Deng Yin jump, everyone started cursing at her.

"Have you no shame? Is this how you fight?"

"Are you crazy? You let someone go up and hit them, and then you jumped down."

Deng Yin ignored the clamor of the crowd, trying to disregard the pain in his ankle, leaving everyone with only a tall and imposing back view.

"Wait a minute." The robber C was quite capable; he could jump over a two-meter-high wall without hesitation. "I was going to let you go, but now you have to leave something behind before you can go. You asked for this."

The remaining people were divided into groups of three, with two people holding one person's hand and helping to lower him off the wall.

The robber, C, spoke quite convincingly, but look at the people behind him...

Tsk... They're more like acrobats than robbers.

"Since you're so eager to die, I have no choice but to grant your wish." Deng Yin didn't move, waiting for the people on the wall to come down.

The robber, C, understood her meaning and said disdainfully, "I don't need them. I can handle you by myself."

As he spoke, he ran towards Deng Yin, raising his fist, which was as big as a sandbag, as he ran.

"Wait a minute," Deng Yin said, "You should at least give them a chance to participate, otherwise how will the spoils be divided? Who does the work gets the rewards?"

"That's only natural!"

No sooner had the robber C finished speaking than someone behind him said, "You're shameless too. We agreed to split it equally. Did you jump down first just to try and take it all for yourself?"

The robber was quite intimidating. When he turned around to see who had said those words, everyone pretended to be busy and ignored him.

People who come together for mutual benefit will eventually separate because of that same mutual benefit. The robber, Man C, was the strongest among them, but even he couldn't defeat so many. He could only keep an eye on Deng Yin to prevent her escape, but he didn't attack her again.

This was exactly the effect Deng Yin wanted. It wasn't easy for her to climb the wall last time; what if, after she finished, the person on the wall was too scared to come down?

It's better to catch them all at once.

As expected of a disorganized group, it took seven people a full five minutes to get down. Deng Yin waited until his ankles stopped hurting before they all came down.

"What are you all doing?!"

Deng Yin looked in the direction of the sound and saw Wei Wujiang riding a warhorse.

Deng Yin's outfit was a great success this time...

At least her back view was successful. It wasn't until she turned around that Wei Wujiang realized the person surrounded was Deng Yin.

Wei Wujiang dismounted and stood next to Deng Yin. He smelled of grass, and the smell kept getting into Deng Yin's nose.

Without him lifting a finger, the eight members of the robbery squad were captured by his subordinates.

"Are you... alright?" Wei Wujiang tried his best to keep his voice steady, but the tremor at the end of his sentence still betrayed his nervousness.

“You should ask them about this, not me,” Deng Yin said coldly, determined to shatter the semblance of peace Wei Wujiang was trying to maintain. “I’ve said it before, I don’t want to see you again. Today’s events were purely accidental; I’m leaving now.”

One of Wei Wujiang's men couldn't stand it anymore and said to Deng Yin, "If it weren't for our general..."

Wei Wujiang interrupted him: "Shut up! Go back and accept your punishment."

Deng Yin didn't care how Wei Wujiang would punish these people. She didn't even say goodbye. When she reached the intersection, she found a little boy peeking at her from the wall.

This little boy was the one who took Deng Yin to buy the chess pieces before. When he saw that Deng Yin had spotted him, the little boy didn't say anything and turned away.

Seeing Deng Yin staring at the little boy's departing figure, Wei Wujiang explained to her, "My coming here wasn't accidental. He told me that someone was robbing people here, so I came."

Deng Yin ignored Wei Wujiang and quickly caught up with the little boy. She asked, "Are the grapes delicious?"

The little boy didn't know what grapes were, but he knew what cakes were. Deng Yin gave him two things; the one that wasn't a cake must have been grapes.

"It's delicious." The little boy's eyes sparkled as he spoke, as if he were remembering the taste of grapes.

This was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten in his life. It was as sweet as maltose. Although it was such a small piece, it felt like drinking a bowl of water after eating it.

Deng Yin gave him another handful and said, "If you like it, then eat more."

The little boy didn't take it. He frowned and said, "I didn't do this to get more grapes from you, I just..."

“I know.” Deng Yin interrupted the little boy, forcefully shoving the grapes into his hand. “I’m giving you grapes not to thank you, but because you think they’re delicious.”