The time came to mid-December, and the "Samsung Cup" round of 16 had ended for a week.

Hongqiao Wolong: "Baiyi, is that you?" ”

The young man in white: "Hehe, Boss Hongqiao, it's me." ”

Hongqiao Wolong: "Haha, you haven't been here for a while, you really ...... Li Xiangping, and "mastery"? ”

Li Xiangping, who was sitting on the computer, was happy in his heart, in fact, his true identity, as the leader of the "Beggar Gang" of Lianzhong, Hongqiao had known it for a long time, but now it was different from before, he broke into the quarterfinals of the professional competition this time, and it was of course normal for him to reconfirm it on the Internet.

The young man in white: "Hehe, it's more real than real gold, it's really me if it's fake, what's the matter, is there anything the boss of Hongqiao looking for me today?" ”

Hongqiao Wolong: "It's really you, that's great, I want to ask in white, have you been free lately?" Can I play a few games online? ”

Li Xiangping was happy when he heard it, in fact, as soon as he heard Hongqiao talking to him, he almost guessed that this should be the case, because in this era, it is definitely the golden age of the Internet rivers and lakes, and its rivers and lakes are definitely much stronger than in later generations. Many people think that as a chess fan, if you haven't tasted the life of the Lianzhong gang in recent years, then you will definitely not have experienced what the real online Go life is.

However, for the current Li Xiangping, he is not too interested in Hongqiao's invitation, after all, he is a human being in two lives, and he really has little interest in being an Internet celebrity, not to mention that through the first two games, he is now thinking about upgrading his plug-in practice to make up for the defects, and Li Xiangping thinks that if he only plays online chess, it actually means little to Lao Shi.

After all, the defect of Shi Da Chess Master mainly lies in the modern layout, and the role of net chess is mainly to maintain the proficiency of chess.

However, out of politeness, Li Xiangping still asked:

The young man in white: "There is time, but Boss Hongqiao, I still have to go to school now, and I can't guarantee whether I have time to play chess at night, by the way, can I ask what the game is?" Listening to what you meant just now, it seems that there are several more games to play? ”

Li Xiangping really didn't lie, after finishing the competition with Mr. Kato, he entered the school where Cai Shanshan studied on the second day and became a sophomore again.

Being a middle school student in the morning and training at the Chinese Chess Academy in the afternoon or evening is what he has been doing for the past week. And his family lives in the North Third Ring Road, the Chinese Chess Academy is in the old Chongwen District, and the school he attends is in the HD area, so to be honest, he really can't guarantee that he will be able to catch up with the game every night.

Hongqiao Wolong: "Hehe, it's the first Lianzhong Network League led by our beggar gang, so there may be a lot of plates." ”

The young man in white: "Oh, it's the league......"

Li Xiangping vaguely remembers that around 2000, Lianzhong really held such a competition.

The young man in white: "Which teams are participating?" ”

Hongqiao Wolong: "In addition to our beggar gang rudder, there are also Butterfly Valley, Snowy Taoyuan, Zangjian Villa, Yilin Family, by the way, there are Liangshan and Qiantang Gang......"

Every time Hongqiao reported a name, it evoked a good memory for Li Xiangping, because he was quite familiar with these gangs, and even had his vest in more than 80% of the gangs. Especially the "Snowy Taoyuan" and "Tibetan Sword Villa", these two gangs are strictly speaking the rudder of the "Beggar Gang".

"Tibetan Sword Villa" is based on the Qilu Qilu Club, Qilu Internet Go enthusiasts, the owner of the network name "Sword Idiot", the master of the cloud like a cloud, look at their screen name: "Blade Cold", "Sword Light Cold", "Blood Without Trace", "Heart Piercing", "Moon Without Light", ...... In short, all of them are murderous.

Compared with "Tibetan Sword Villa", what impressed Li Xiangping more was the "Snowy Taoyuan", because the leader of this gang is an MM, a real female chess fan, and the names of the disciples in the snowy region are also female names: Huang Rong, Zhi'er, Bing Xue'er, Lin Qingxia, Maggie Cheung, Xue Qian...... It is a contrast with the Tibetan Sword Villa.

Especially when he participated in the first online league, a limerick poem written by a talented female chess friend in "Snowy Taoyuan" made Li Xiangping very impressed, and he has not forgotten it for more than 10 years.

The poem is as follows:

100,000 days of wind and clouds,

The flowers are solitary among the bushes.

The snow dances and the sword is unsheathed,

The moon can also cut half of it!

Purple air warmth,

The jade tree is on the cliff and must be looked up.

Red Hurricane swept Lianzhong,

Fang traces are all over the peach orchard!

This is a Tibetan poem, "Wind, Flowers, Snow, Moon, Xia, Jade, Red, Fang" is just the 8 masters of "Snowy Taoyuan".

Of course, don't think that if the online name is like a woman, it must be a female chess player, such as "Lin Qingxia" here, Li Xiangping knew him in real life.

Hearing that the front only evoked Li Xiangping's memories, but when Hongqiao reported the names of the last two gangs, this attracted Li Xiangping's attention.

The young man in white: "Oh? Liangshan and the Qiantang Gang will also participate this time? ”

Hongqiao Wolong: "Yes, these two gangs have been in the limelight recently, especially this "Liangshan", I'll tell you the bottom in white, I think this league, the biggest threat to us may be this "Liangshan", so I thought of asking you to play a few games of chess to help the beggars suppress the formation. ”

The young man in white: "Hehe, in the face of Liang Shan, I am not qualified to suppress the formation." ”

Li Xiangping's words are really not modest, to be honest, in the Internet rivers and lakes, Li Xiangping has never seen a gang with such strong strength and prestige as Liangshan, so deep into the foundation of Chinese Go. Maybe you don't usually see many people in Liangshan, but if the organization needs it, you will find that many gang organizers and activists around you, talented and beautiful people on the forum, and some well-known national players have all turned into Liangshan heroes and appeared in front of you.

The young man in white: "If the boss of the Red Bridge is not like this, I may not have the matches against other gangs, I have time, but the matches against the "Liangshan" and "Qiantang Gang", you will inform me in advance when the games will be played, and I will definitely arrive for these two games." ”

No matter how you say it, "Jueyi" already has a certain status on the Internet, so listening to Li Xiangping say this, Hongqiao Wolong was busy and said:

"Okay, okay."

Li Xiangping further made a request: "By the way, Boss Hongqiao, please help me pay attention to these two vests when the game comes, one is Liangshan's "Dadao Guan Sheng", and the other is the "White Paper Fan" of the Qiantang Gang, if they don't send these two people on, forget it, if they play, then please leave these two opponents to me." ”

Hongqiao Wolong: "Okay, okay...... Well? Do you know who these two people are? Who? ”

The young man in white: "Hehe, I know a little, but it's not convenient to say it now, I'll tell you during the game." ”

Of course, Li Xiangping, who has been a person in two lifetimes, knows who these two are, Liangshan's "Dadao Guan Sheng" is Lao Nie, and the "white paper fan" of the Qiantang Gang is Ma Xiao, the former "Nie Ma Shuangxiong" in the Chinese chess world.

Li Xiangping believes that if you want to improve the level of Lao Shi's layout at this stage, only these two have the qualifications and abilities.

At this stage, he has learned tricks with the two of them, which may be more effective than going to the Chinese Chess Academy to train, which is why Li Xiangping wants to play these two games.