History of Women in the Wei Dynasty

Chapter 130 The Madness Before Leaving the City
Hu Wu cursed under his breath, calling Xin Chun an idiot.

Because Hu Wuwu understands Xu Jiaoqing, as Xin Chun said, in Pingcheng, the Xu family, the county magistrate's family, is not even considered a second-rate noble family, which creates a contradictory personality in Xu Jiaoqing, who wants to be arrogant but dares not be.

After she stirred things up, if Xin Chun had encouraged and supported Miss Xu to pick a fight with Wei Yao together and vent their pent-up frustrations, that would have been fine. But Xin Chun also fanned the flames from the side, urging Xu Jiaoqing to go alone, so Miss Xu definitely wouldn't dare to go.

Sure enough, Xu Jiaoqing took a deep breath and tugged at Hu Wuwu's sleeve: "Fine, I'll listen to you. Let's go somewhere else... Actually, we don't need to go anywhere else. There's a very big plum garden. Let's keep walking and go for a walk over there? We can see the pagoda of the Imperial Uncle Temple very clearly from there."

Xin Chun coldly refused, "I'm tired of walking, I'm not going to walk with you." Then, she muttered and complained, "Someone has led me astray. Wei Yao has only been to the choir once. If it weren't for someone nagging me, I wouldn't even know who Wei Yao is."

Xu Jiaoqing clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Oh! That's right! I bet she doesn't recognize us either!"

Xin Chun: "Hmph." Isn't that obvious! It's just that Hu Wuwu once traveled with Xunyi Academy for a month, and it's hard to say whether he had any interactions or conflicts with Wei Yao along the way.

Hu Wu listened to the two young women talking while glancing back at his six servants. His father had inquired beforehand that today was a day off and then sent them to wait outside Cui's school to protect her during her trip.

At this moment, Hu Wuwu's feelings about leaving her parents to go to Cui's Academy, the two girls beside her, all her experiences since arriving in Pingcheng, and even her disgust for the entire city reached their peak. She made a decision, and with that decision, the heavy gloom in her heart instantly vanished, and she felt great!
Hu Wuwu pulled Xu Jiaoqing with one hand and Xin Chun with the other, dragging them towards Wei Yao.

“I know Miss Wei. Come on, I’ll introduce you to her.”

Xin Chun: "I don't want to get to know her. You're hurting me."

Hu Wuwu's smile widened. Didn't want to get acquainted? Too late! She decided to leave Pingcheng; she would beg her parents tonight and leave tomorrow morning!

So she's going to go crazy.

"Miss Wei, do you still remember me?"

Wei Yao stopped practicing her ball skills, bowed to the three of them, and then returned to Hu Wu's house: "I remember, Miss Hu."

"I saw how good Miss Wei is at kicking the ball, so I brought my friends over. Can we play with her?"

Wei Yao explained tactfully, "My friend and I are having a Cuju match later, after we finish."

"Is it compared to those gentlemen?" Hu Wuwu pointed in the direction where Lu Jiayi and the others were.

"Yes."

"What's the surname of that young man who also practices acrobatics? Could I possibly know?"

Wei Yao knew it was Lu Fashan, but she felt that the young lady Hu's enthusiasm was unusual. So Wei Yao called out to Wei Mao: "Brother Mao, this is the young lady Hu from the Cui Academy's poetry club. She wants to know who that young man who practices acrobatics is."

Wei Mao didn't take it seriously, assuming that Wei Yao didn't remember Lu Fashan, and replied "surname Lu" before continuing to teach Lu Zhengpin how to catch the ball.

Hu Wu left Wei Yao with an innocent smile, then pulled Xu and Xin, who hadn't managed to say a word, away.

The more Xin Chun tried to break free from the pull, the stronger Hu Wuwu gripped her wrist. The pain made Xin Chun give up. Whatever, let's see what Hu Wuwu is up to.

"Is this Young Master Lu?" One shouldn't hit a smiling face. Lu Fashan, interrupted from his practice, wasn't angry upon seeing the woman's cheerful and charming appearance, dressed in luxurious attire. He replied, "Yes, what is it?"

Lu Jiayi leaned over to eavesdrop.

Hu Wuwu first praised, "Among those playing Cuju in the garden today, Lu Langjun's skills are the best."

With a single sentence, she flattered the other person, making them happy. She then said, "My lord, you're so good at football, why don't you compete in a game of zhu qiu (a type of Chinese football) with the gentlemen over there? Isn't it said that those skilled in football only compete in zhu qiu?"

"Building a ball" means building a ball-playing pole with a goal on it, and then kicking the ball into the goal to determine the winner.

Lu Jiayi laughed loudly: "Who told you that nonsense? That group of people have been running all over the field since we arrived, and they haven't scored a single goal. If you don't believe me, go over there and see for yourself. They still haven't scored a single goal even when it's dark!"

It's rare to encounter such a fool. Without even needing Hu Wuwu to guide her, she simply said, "Then let's really go see it," and dragged Xu and Xin away again.

Even though Wei Yao had lived a second life, she had never heard of or seen anyone so insane as to harm others without benefiting themselves. So at this time, Wei Yao had already resumed practicing her ball skills and was no longer concerned about the whereabouts of the three people from Hu Wuwu.

The group of boys in the training field next door had just gotten tired from running and were sitting around resting in groups of three or five. Someone spotted the three girls coming over hand in hand and immediately told each other, making a fuss and guessing which of them the girls admired.

Hu Wuwu's gaze swept over the boys one by one, selecting one who looked arrogant and troublesome. She asked, "My lord, I've heard that those skilled in Cuju (ancient Chinese football) only compete in Zhuju (another type of Chinese football). Is that true?"

"Yes. You came here just to ask this?"

Hu Wuwu really made the right choice. This young man's surname is Yi and his given name is Xie. He comes from the imperial family of Yilou and is the organizer of today's Cuju (ancient Chinese football).

“I came here to verify this.” Hu Wuwu pointed to Lu Fashan, but from her direction, Wei Yao and Lu Fashan were on the same line, with Wei Yao in front and Lu Fashan behind. “That guy just said that the best football player is a lie, a lie someone told me to do because I don’t know anything about football. When he saw I didn’t believe him, he sent me to ask you guys, and even said you wouldn’t score a single goal even if you played until dark. Ah…”

Seeing that these people were angry, Hu Wuwu pretended to be extremely frightened, covered his head, and said in a sobbing voice, "I am telling the truth. If you don't believe me, ask my companions. They heard it too."

Xu Jiaoqing was genuinely frightened; she didn't know where to look, let alone reply.

Xin Chun finally understood what Hu Wuwu was up to. Anyway, Hu Wuwu was the mastermind behind the incident, and she was just dragged along to make up the numbers! She simply nodded a few times to the group of teenagers and pretended to be frightened.

"Hoo—" Yi Xie exhaled, his anger turning into a laugh: "Looks like someone's taking us for a fool. Let's go, settle all the old scores and new ones together!"

There were more than twenty teenagers in the group, and they all came toward the training ground where Wei Yao was.

Hu Wuwu grabbed Xin Chun again, and Xin Chun, now on guard, ran away from her. However, Xu Jiaoqing reacted slowly and failed to escape, and was pulled along by Hu Wuwu again, following behind Yi Xie and the others.

Wei Mao sensed something was wrong and quickly came over to Wei Yao, reminding her, "Go wait for me outside the fence. If a fight breaks out later, don't worry about anything, just run home. Wei Zhen, come here! You and Bu Xuezi go with fellow disciple Yao. Don't ask why yet, I'll tell you later."

He then instructed Lu Zhengpin: "Go and call your cousins ​​over. Don't come back yourself, and stay far away. A-Jing, Wu-Ji, stop practicing and come here!"

"Ha." Yi Xie had initially doubted that Wei Yao, a young woman, would insult their ball skills for no reason. Could it be one of those idiots from the Lu family? But when he saw Wei Yao trying to run away, he waved and shouted to his companions, "Stop her! I've never hit a woman before, but I'll make an exception today!"

(End of this chapter)