Rebirth of the Father of Anime

"Lee, do you know Zuo Wei? Is there really such a person in Chinese history?"

Li Qing is an international student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Lee is his English name. When he heard someone calling him, he turned his head and saw that it was his roommate and best friend. It is very rare to meet a "like-smelling" roommate in a foreign country.

"Zuowei?" Li Qing muttered. His roommate's name is Justin Barn, and his abbreviated name is JB. Ever since he learned the meaning of the word in Huaxia, his roommate never let him call him shorthand. name.

Bahn's Chinese is not good, and Li Qing couldn't hear clearly for a while. They had just finished class, so Bahn wrote the name in his notebook for Li Qing to read.

But Li Qing shook his head, he didn't remember any famous person named Zuo Wei in Chinese history. Bahn put away his notebook, and walked with Li Qing and said, "Don't you know? Then do you know Huanglongshi? How about Huanglongshi?"

"Huang Longshi? Who is that?" Li Qing looked at Bahn in doubt. He didn't know why Bahn suddenly asked himself these names.

"A chess player, who plays Go, I heard it's very good!" Barn described to Li Qing, "There is also a person named Shusaku Honinbo, who also plays Go, but he is from an island country, do you know?"

"I don't know much about Go..." Li Qing shrugged, "Speaking of which, why are you suddenly interested in Go?"

From Bahn's excited description of him, Li Qing realized that it was this roommate's idol, Master Porter, who had drawn another cartoon about Go. He also likes comics, and it is precisely because both of them have the same hobby that they can "like each other". In the past two years, they have attended the animation festival together.

However, he was busy experimenting recently, so he didn't have time to read comics, so he didn't know that there were new comics. And Bahn is not a professional with him, and he is not busy recently.

"Is "Soul of Chess" so good?" Li Qing became interested. In his eyes, Go is synonymous with dullness, stubbornness, and old man. It is not as simple and clear as Thinking and Chess. Backgammon is also much more interesting than that. This kind of game is only popular in Asia. Here in the United States, it is simply a desert of Go, and there is no market at all.

What kind of story could make Baan such a person who doesn't understand Go. It is also impossible for people who like this kind of boring game (Li Qing knows Bahn's temperament very well) to be interested in Go?

"It's super interesting! I just realized that Go is so interesting! You can also watch it! By the way, China is obviously the birthplace of Go. Why, as a Chinese, you don't even know the famous Go players in your own country?"

Bahn immediately gave Li Qing a look of disdain.

"..." Li Qing was speechless, and wanted to say what a famous Go player would say. He does know one.

Li Changgao, although he has the same surname as Li, but this person is a stick. It can be said that he is the number one player in Go. He has won any world-class Go championship, and has truly achieved the "Grand Slam" of the World Go Competition .

The most important thing is that he is very young, news, advertisements about him. Overwhelming, even a person like Li Qing who has no interest in Go and knows nothing about Go, knows that Li Changgao is a very NB Go master.

As the birthplace of Go in China, the only famous Go player he knows is a stick. It has to be said that this is a very sad thing.

So he simply didn't even bother to say the name.

The two went to buy a dish first, and then drove to the dormitory. Li Qing knows how to cook some home-cooked food when he goes out. After eating enough of those "poor" foods, Li Qing, who had never cooked before, was forced to learn how to cook. But after Baan tasted it once, he was completely addicted to Chinese food, so he, who couldn't cook, took on the tasks of buying vegetables and washing dishes.

However, since he can eat these delicacies, this little thing is very happy to him.

Randomly fried a few dishes. The two solved their stomach problems. From the beginning to the end, Barn's mouth didn't stop, and he gave Li Qing spoilers for the latest comics. Among them, the most talked about is "Soul of Chess", which has just been serialized.

Li Qing wanted to stab this guy to death. Didn't he know how bad it is to spoil a spoiler?

Not long ago, didn't there be a bloody case caused by "spoiler" in the island country? It seems that he spoiled Conan to his friends, and was almost beaten to death by the friends who couldn't bear it.

Even let "Conan" enter the legal news again, and some people clamored to block "Conan". It's a pity that the power of the masses is great. The serialization of "Conan" has become a part of many people's lives. Such a move is obviously unpopular. And the island country has an electoral system, and the official career of the person clamoring to block "Conan" may be worrying.

However, according to gossip, this person seems to have made such a statement because his wife fell in love with Kidd and Shinichi, so he was jealous of a virtual character.

Thinking about it this way, it was no surprise that he made such a move.

After eating at the fastest speed in his life, Li Qing put down the bowl, and the rest of the work belonged to Bahn. He returned to his room and closed the door forcefully, the world was finally clean.

After so many spoilers, he already has a rough idea of ​​the story. In short, it is a story about a chess-crazy soul who is obsessed with Go, possessing a child who can't play Go at all, and let this child start the road of Go.

It's really simple and cliché to say, but the Great Demon King has the ability to turn decay into magic, making this boring story that makes other people write and paint wonderful.

The three people Bain asked him, one was the name of this chess idiot's ghost, and the other two were the first two people who were possessed by this chess idiot. After reading it, Li Qing couldn't get enough of it, so he searched for these three names.

He Chen added one more name here, that is Huang Longshi, a very famous chess master in Chinese history. He was smart and talented since he was a child, and he can't forget it for a hundred days. He is especially talented in Go. When he was young, he dominated his hometown with his superb Go level and was well-known in Jianghuai.

The young Huang Longshi is not satisfied with partiality and one corner. In order to pursue the development of chess skills, he is determined to visit famous players all over the country. From the third year of Kangxi, the 13-year-old Huang Longshi traveled all over the country with his father. After being honed by the beacon fire in Ershang Capital's chess world, Huang Longshi's chess skills have become more and more excellent. At the age of sixteen or seventeen, he played all over the capital, invincible and brilliant, and was known as the "ever victorious general". At the age of 18, he played chess against Shan Dayou, the leading national player who has been in the chess world for more than 50 years, and won seven games and seven victories. The victory over Shandayou marked that Huanglongshi reached the pinnacle of chess skills in the early Qing Dynasty, and established Huanglongshi's status as a "chess master".

The reason for using this person, apart from the little ambition of "exporting Chinese culture", He Chen also had his own considerations.

First of all, the age of this person is nearly two hundred years earlier than that of Honinbo Hidetsuki—Sawei has been wandering for thousands of years, it is impossible that only one Honinbo Hidetaku picked him up, right? Adding this person can further highlight Zuo Wandering Millennium's deep attachment and love for Go.

Secondly, this person has the same background as Honinbo Hidetsuke—both have the name of child prodigies, and both have already made their mark in Go at a very young age (Honinbo Hidetsuke was eighteen years old, and he played against Huanan Yin in Osaka. After Shuo played chess, he won the title of "Master with Scarlet Ears". After reading the chess records, Zhang He was shocked to see him as a genius in the past 150 years (compared with the chess master Dao Ce 150 years ago).

They all have the setting of "being possessed will be so extraordinary".

Thirdly, although the details of the chess style of the two are different, they both have the same characteristics, and they are both good at layout. Huanglongshi's game is light and changeable, his thinking is muddy, the situation is open, and his spirit is magnificent.

There is a preface in his book "Yi Kuo", which is a summary of his actual combat experience. The insights are insightful and thought-provoking. Fortress, this is the outline of the starting move." This is to say that the layout of the hand should occupy the main points of the big field, "make the capital" and "make the fortress", so that the chess has a basis and the attack and defense of the fortress; it is necessary to think from the local to the overall situation, and consider it from the starting point. to future development.

Finally, this is also a description of Zuo Wei. Zuo Wei pursues the "godly hand" of Go, and does not stick to the old-fashioned style.

In the original book, when I first came to play chess with Ryo Toya, Ryo Toya described Shinto Hikari (Sawei) in his heart. , would be a great move, but now that the rules have changed, this move is very common.

However, in the subsequent chess records, Ta Yaliang felt the change of chess style, "as if Xiu Ce is learning modern Dingshi", which shows that Zuowei has been making continuous progress.

Wandering for thousands of years, the times are changing, the rules are changing, and Zuo Wei is also changing.

However, the only thing that remains unchanged is the heart that loves Go deeply.

The change of the story is not big. It can be said that only an extra paragraph of Zuowei's previous story was added in the dialogue. However, this insignificant stroke can add a thicker layer of history to Zuo Wei. The general history can also make people feel Zuo Wei's persistent heart of seeking Tao more deeply, and lay the groundwork for deeper feelings for Zuo Wei's changes and departure later.

Years later, Hua Bin came to Ping'an City again, but he didn't come to play chess with him.

"...He Chen, do you really have Zuo Wei in your body? Could it be that this "Soul of Chess" you drew is an adaptation of your real life story?" Hua Bin looked at He Chen strangely.

He Chen's terrifying speed of progress really made him unforgettable. So when I saw the "Soul of Chess" comics, I unconsciously connected it with He Chen. Not only that, if He Chen's case is established, then Huang Longshi and Honinbo Shuce in history...

When people are old, they always like to think wildly.

"I said yes, do you believe it?"

"letter!"

"..."

He Chen was speechless. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)