Our Time: Unswerving until Death

Chapter 31 (Two in One) Turning Hands into Clouds, Turning Hands into Rain
After a short period of thinking, Gu Rushui pulled out of the stupefied state, and couldn't help but feel angry because he felt that he was underestimated, and He Qi's behavior of sending a blood at the beginning, in his opinion, was blatantly contemptuous.

But anger is anger, and Go still relies on strength to speak. Gu Rushui endured his anger and thought about countermeasures.

Normally, after He Qi's fourth "touch", there are only the following five ways to deal with it:
The first type, "Take off first" and "Retreat inside", these two moves can be ruled out directly. Others have come to the door, and those with a little blood will choose to go back head-on. It doesn't matter whether they can win or not, but they must not be cowardly in terms of momentum.

The second type is "pull up" and "pull down". These two hands are relatively tough counterattacks, with a fist-to-flesh fighting feeling. The disadvantage is that they are impulsive and easy to get caught.

The third type of "Foreign Minister", although the strength of this counterattack is not as strong as the previous two, it is a head-on confrontation at any rate. It not only gives the necessary counterattack, but also saves face. It is a more rational choice.

Gu Ruo resolutely chose the "foreign minister".

He Qi "Take off first" without thinking.

When these two moves were passed to the chess hall outside, there was a burst of ridicule. In fact, it is not difficult to understand. You should continue to pretend and fight to the end, but Bai Zi actually chooses to leave the battlefield and throw his son elsewhere. It's like doing enough foreplay before, and the result is a real man for 5 seconds, which can be described as ridiculous.

"Hahaha, it really is a vulgar hand."

"Could it be that Bai Zi is fooling us?"

"It's just eyeballs."

"In this way, Heizi will open up a big situation, and Baizi doesn't need fifty moves, so he can discard it."

Ruyi, who recorded the score, stood in front of the chessboard, seeing He Qi's serious face, frowning, Luo Zi looking forward and backward, hesitating, really anxious, wishing to replace him.

But in fact, He Qi was secretly happy, everything is moving forward according to the established direction, which is very nice!

After more than 30 moves, the number of pieces on the chessboard gradually increased. If you are an expert who understands chess, you can see at a glance that the momentum of the sunspots is getting thicker and thicker, which means that the advantage of the sunspots is getting bigger and bigger. It also means that the current situation is not good for Bai Zi.

Some friends may not know much about Go, but to put it simply, Go can be regarded as a game of occupying land. In a grid of 360 formed by nineteen horizontal and vertical lines, whoever occupies the most territory in the end wins.

And "potential" can be regarded as a wall formed by series of blacks or whites when both parties occupy a territory. The thicker the wall, the greater the advantage of occupying the designated territory, and the thinner the wall, it means more disadvantages and is easy to be exploited The opponent took advantage of the loopholes, which led to the loss of this territory.

However, regardless of the strength of the "potential" or the great advantage of one side, the final winner cannot be judged before the end of the game. It is a reasonable formula, which may be overturned and become unreasonable someday in the future.

Therefore, when Gouzi was born, it subverted the cognition of modern Go. After hundreds of years of experience in human Go, in Gouzi's eyes, it is full of mistakes and omissions, and it can be broken with a single poke.

In the previous class, the avalanche-style inward abduction that the teacher swore to explain could be escaped without an exchange?
Point [-], an unused move, turned out to be the best solution.

The fixed forms such as Yaodao and Daxie were all bitten by Gouzi.

There are countless examples such as the above.

He Qi came from the era of Gouzi. Today's game of chess borrowed Gouzi's tricks and played a trick on Gu Rushui. Facts have proved that Gu Rushui is still very good at tricks.

The two sides played more than 30 moves in an orderly manner, very smoothly, without any disturbances, and everything was moving in a direction that was beneficial to Gu Rushui.

Suddenly, He Qi took a heavy breath, pretending to think for a long time, as if he was desperate, he was forced to play an ancient formula "five-six flying attack", which was rarely used in modern Go, and tended to be eliminated. Because many of its subsequent variants involve complex levy problems, they are only used by professional players in a few specific cases.

However, Gouzi has a different understanding of this formula. He believes that the "five-six flying attack" is fully applicable, and uses this ancient formula more than once, just like the "seat system" was eliminated in the era of Xiaomu Go, but In the Gouzi era, the "star position" opening became the mainstream again.

Including He Qi's fourth move "touch", in the eyes of people back then, this was purely an act of giving away blood, but according to Gouzi's evaluation, this move is actually not a loss.

"Five-six Flying Attack" has a detailed interpretation in Fan Xiping's "Peach Blossom Spring Chess Manual". People nowadays are very familiar with this formula. It is precisely because they are familiar with it and know its usage and usefulness that they relax their vigilance.

Because the current black pieces are dominant and the white pieces are weak, there is no condition to use the "five-six flying attack" at all, and He Qi's paranoid sacrifice, in everyone's opinion, is nothing more than a desperate attempt.

"This is a vulgar hand, the vulgar of the vulgar."

"I'm afraid that the third hand (let the third son) can't reach it."

"That's it, I can do it myself."

"Yucai, brother Qi, what's the matter?" Qian Xuan was in a hurry, clenched his fists tightly, and held his breath tightly in his heart. If it wasn't for the fact that the chess game was not over yet, Qian Xuan's violent temper would definitely rush in. , grabbed He Qi by the collar and asked, "What bird chess did you play?"

Brother Xun looked solemn, and asked sideways: "Zifu, brother Qi's game of chess, is there any room for redemption?"

Xi Zique shook his head, sighed and said: "This is indeed an ordinary hand, I am afraid that Fan and Shi will take over, and they will not be able to recover."

Only Gu Weixian remained skeptical, and murmured: "Brother Qi's chess skills, you and I have learned it before. Even if we lose to Gu Rushui, we won't lose so thoroughly. If things go wrong, there must be monsters."

He said again: "This is very unreasonable!"

Gu Rushui's thinking is no different from that of ordinary people. After making a judgment on He Qi's fourth "touch", then this "five-six flying attack" will naturally become a "common hand". , so I didn't think so much, and chose the conventional response.

In this way, after more than 30 ordinary moves, suddenly, a white piece was slashed in the air, the situation on the field changed suddenly, and the sunspot, which was originally the superior player, instantly became the disadvantaged side.

Gu Rushui held Heizi's hand and froze in the air, not daring to let it fall, the expression on his face was extremely surprised, and even his breathing became very short.

The spectators in the chess hall even caused an uproar because of this chess move. Everyone was shocked and dumbfounded. Immediately, someone shouted excitedly:
"Brilliant hand! The best of the best!"

"So it is! So it is!"

"It's such a big flying dome in the air, and the building is about to fall. I have played chess for decades, and today it is an eye-opener."

"In this way, the five or six flying attacks are completed, and the white chess has an advantage in capturing the pieces, and the advantage is in the fourth move. It is easy to calculate, and it has calculated all of us."

"Although this hand is wonderful, it is far inferior to the fourth hand."

"Turning one's hand into a cloud and turning one's hand into rain are excellent, but if the sword is taken sideways and the soldiers are making dangerous moves, once they are detected, they will lose everything, which is not advisable!"

"Soldiers! Deceitful tricks! Expert moves, only winning moves, no dangerous moves."

"Not necessarily, because of the style of chess, occasional dangerous moves may be possible, but long-term dangerous moves must be guarded against."

"But does anyone know the name of this gentleman?" Some people came later, and they didn't know who was playing against Gu Rushui.

"Mister's name is He Qi!" Someone replied, and handed over a piece of "Beijing News", saying: "There is a detailed introduction of Mr. He on it, but the chess is missing, so as to teach me to be illiterate. It was quite a joke, really. It's Yelang who is arrogant and doesn't know it."

Liu Wen was secretly writing it down in his notebook.

Qian Xuan stood up abruptly, grabbed Brother Xun's hand excitedly, and asked, "Yucai, did Brother Qi win this game of chess?"

Brother Xun pulled his hand away effortlessly, nodded with a smile.

Qian Xuan laughed loudly and said, "At noon today, I, Qian, will be entertaining guests at Guanghe Residence, so don't stop any of you."

Gu Weixian said awkwardly: "Mr. Deqian, how dare I ask you to treat me, Zifu and I have already made an appointment."

"No way!" Qian Xuan waved his hand, frowned, and said forcefully, "I've said I'll invite you, so I'll invite you. The two of you will postpone it until night. Anyway, it doesn't matter if Brother Qi eats an extra meal."

Qian Xuan doesn't care about the rich status of Xi Zique and Gu Weixian, and he wouldn't even bother to talk to him if it wasn't for Brother Xun's face. If we really want to talk about his background, he Wu Xing Qian's family is a family of poetry and books, Zhejiang Province Being well-known is not at the same level as doing business.

Seeing this, Gu Weixian didn't say any more.

This game of chess failed to reach a hundred moves in the end, and Heizi fell to the edge and surrendered.

Both of them stood up and saluted each other. He Qi cupped her hands and said with a smile, "Mr. Gu, I admit it."

Gu Rushui has already figured out the pros and cons of the overall situation. Although he has serious faults, he has to admit that this person in front of him is by no means an ordinary person, and his chess moves are novel and unique. In China, he is almost a school of his own. , It's really rare, so I intend to make friends.

"Brother He's surreptitious changes in chess are really unheard of." Gu Rushui said, but his dissatisfaction could not be concealed in his words.

"Do extraordinary things with extraordinary ways." He Qi said.

"Forgive me for taking the liberty. Brother He's chess style looks like Dongyi, so he returned from the east?" He Qi's chess style made Gu Rushui feel very similar to Gao Bu Daoping who came to China.

Modern Go originated from Xiaomu Go, and it is not an exaggeration to say that different routes lead to the same goal. He Qi said: "I have never been to Dongyi, but I have just returned from the West."

Gu Rushui's eyes flashed when he heard the words, and his whole body was tense and straight, as if he couldn't believe it, but he couldn't hide his excitement, and he said almost rudely: "Brother He, but I'm from Huaxia?"

He Qi grinned and said, "I'm just like Brother Gu, with yellow skin and black eyes. I speak Chinese language, and I'm an upright Chinese person."

"Hahaha Brother He, forgive me, I was rude." Gu Rushui stared at He Qi and smiled cautiously, with something inexplicable and inexplicable in his eyes, and asked again: "Brother He's chess, but Xi Jinping From Dongyi?"

"I've never been to Dongyi, where can I learn?" He Qi said.

"Great kindness! Great kindness!" Gu Rushui said two times in a row, one higher than the other, but his eyes were misty, as if covered with a layer of tulle, and he pulled He Qi to sit in front of the chessboard.

"Brother He, can you tell me about the way of playing this small-eyed Go game? It's really hard for us to understand?" Gu Rushui asked impatiently.

"Ah?" He Qi was puzzled.

Gu Rushui revealed his true feelings, and said: "Brother He, to tell you the truth, I lost the battle with Gaobe Daoping earlier this year, and all three games were within half an eye. Afterwards, I wanted to ask Mr. Zhang to discuss with Gaobe Daoping , learned his method, but was rejected, so he didn't force it, and returned to Peiping. Who knows, he later said that I was the number one in the country. This is not a boast, it is clearly an insult to my country. , He can sweep our country with one six-dan, but I think I am weak in China. Go originated in my country, Fan and Shi have only been used for more than 100 years, and now it is in our hands. I don’t want to be humiliated by a Dongyi six-dan. What a shame. After I returned to Beiping, I practiced quietly for several months and specialized in small-eye Go. I found that many of the experiences left by my predecessors were no longer applicable to the present. Dongyi’s small-eye Go has been around for a long time, so I can take advantage of it everywhere. Win first."

"Xiaomu Go wins because of its elegant layout, but after removing the rigid seats, it will lead to great changes in the opening game. Brother Gu is right about this point." He Qi nodded in response.

"The problem is that the start is bad, so you lose the first move. This is a big taboo, and we are not familiar with the many subsequent changes, and we are tired of coping. Therefore, Mr. Duan is going to sponsor me to study in Dongyi. Yi, originally planned to leave next month, but now that I have met Brother He, there is no need to go to Dongyi. Since Brother He is from China, the chess he plays is my Huaxia chess. One day, he will be ashamed, so I would like to say a word Winning is upright, so that Dongyi's sixth-dan loser will be convinced."

"Hi~ What am I talking about?" He Qi felt the same way, and said cheerfully, "You don't need to talk about learning, just communicate with each other."

Gu Rushui seemed to be overjoyed, smiling, or feeling the unforgettable humiliation Gao Bu Daoping suffered. At this moment, Gu Rushui's eyes showed determination.

Ruyi didn't know when she came. Seeing that He Qi and Gu Rushui had a happy conversation, she stayed aside knowingly, and then took advantage of the gap to intervene: "Mr. Deqian has settled down in Guanghe residence." Let’s eat, let’s go to dinner first, and continue playing chess in the afternoon.”

Don't tell me, I don't know, after I talked about it, I realized that it was noon, the swaying sun was shining in the middle, and the shadow under the eaves was much shorter. He Qi suggested: "Brother Gu, why don't you and I have dinner first?" , In the afternoon, while playing chess and communicating, Mr. Yangming said that 'knowledge and action are one', nothing more than that."

"Just as Brother He said." Gu Rushui said happily.

Someone came to clean up the chessboard. As soon as He Qi, Gu Rushui, and Ruyi arrived at the front yard, they greeted Qian Xuan who was waiting, and punched He Qi's chest with a small fist. I really have you, I, Qian, have just decided to learn chess from you tomorrow."

He Qi was stumbled by the hammer accidentally, turned his head, and immediately returned the color, saying: "I teach chess, there are three conditions."

"Say, what conditions?" Qian Xuan said.

"People who are indecent will not be taught; people who are not righteous will not be taught; people who are not honest will not be taught." He Qi said with a smirk.

When Qian Xuan heard this, he patted his chest and replied confidently: "I meet all of your three conditions, isn't it just the third of the four dimensions: etiquette, righteousness, and honesty? Everyone in Peking knows that I, Qian As a human being, you can testify for me, Qian."

Coincidentally, brother Xun came over, and when he heard this, he frowned, suddenly felt that something was wrong, after a little thought, he suddenly understood, could he be making fun of Qian Xuan?However, Qian Xuan still doesn't know it, and is still complacent and proud of it.

Brother Xun didn't hold back for a moment, and burst out laughing.

Qian Xuan then asked: "Yucai, why are you laughing for no reason?"

Brother Xun joked, "Deqian, in my humble opinion, not only do people in Beiping know that you have four virtues and three, but also know that you have six virtues and five?"

He Qi hurriedly answered, "Yucai, tell me which five virtues Deqian has mastered?"

Brother Xun counted with his fingers: "Faith, sage, benevolence, righteousness, and loyalty."

Qian Xuan wondered, "Where is Zhi?"

"Heh!" He Qi laughed so that her stomach hurt, she pointed at Qian Xuan's brain and said, "It's gone."

Brother Xun took the conversation just in time, and asked He Qi, "Where is the shame of the four dimensions?"

He Qi pointed at Qian Xuan again and said, "Of course it's gone!"

In this way, everyone suddenly realized, and they all burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)