On June 22, 2000, in the ward of a hospital in the United States, an old man with gray hair was lying on the bed and breathing weakly. Her husband was sitting next to the bed. The hair in the middle of her head fell off, but it was still vaguely visible on her body. The spirit of

June 22, 2000 , in a ward of a hospital in the United States, an old man with gray hair was lying on the bed and breathing weakly. Her wife was sitting next to the bed. The hair in the middle of her head fell off, but her body was still vaguely It can be seen that the spirit of the year was high.

The old man's eyes on the hospital bed opened and closed slightly, looking at the person in front of him who had been with him all his life, and said the last words of her life in a weak voice: "The only thing I can't worry about is you. ." passed away after saying this.

After hearing these words, my wife burst into tears and said that she owed her too much in this life.

The deceased old man was named Zhao Qixia ( Zhao Yidi). You may not be familiar with this name, but you must know Miss Zhao Si - the woman who accompanied Zhang Xueliang throughout his life.

Photos of Zhao Yidi

After the "September 18th" incident, the Chinese people were dissatisfied because of Chiang Kai-shek's " non-resistance policy". The Chinese people not only called Zhang Xueliang a "non-resistance general", but also angered Miss Zhao Si, Using doggerel verses such as "Zhao Si is romantic and Zhu Wu is crazy" to ridicule Zhao Yidi, Miss Zhao Si has been stigmatized as a romantic.

Chiang Kai-shek's Speech

But in fact, the real Miss Zhao Si is not as romantic as the rumors. On the contrary, she is a well-educated, smart and open-minded lady.

1. Acquaintance: "Can I ask you to dance?"

Zhao Yidi was born in a family of officials in Hong Kong. Later, her family moved to Tianjin, where she spent her teenage years.

Zhao Yidi and his father Zhao Qinghua

His father is Zhao Qinghua. During the rule of the Beiyang Warlord , he served as director of the Railway Bureau, director of the Government Transportation Department, and diplomatic adviser to the three northeastern provinces. . His mother was a commoner, but Hard-working and kind-hearted, Zhao Yidi's sisters once commented on her mother in the memoirs:

"When we were young, we always called Si Mei (Zhao Yidi)'s mother Hao Mum. She treats people very well."

Perhaps it is because of Yidi's mother's Kindness is the general concept. Although Zhao Yidi lives in the feasting and feasting, he is still neither arrogant nor extravagant, simple and simple. It is precisely because of this quality that Zhao Yidi attracted the attention of the then powerful Marshal Zhang .

Zhao Yidi originally did not like to participate in various social activities of celebrities, but because he was young at the time, his sisters and brothers-in-law always liked to drag him around to play, and sometimes they would go to some dance parties. At this time, Yidi often They were all sitting in the rest area of ​​the ball watching the people dancing on the dance floor.

Republic of China Dance

Because Zhao Yidi was pretty and cute, she became a beautiful scenery at the dance. Many young men wanted to invite her to dance, but Yidi refused. But there was only this person, Zhao Yidi, who extended his hand. He was Zhang Xueliang.

Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi were introduced to each other by Zhao Yidi’s sister Jiangxue.

Photos of Zhao Yidi when he was young

Around 1926 , Marshal Zhang, who was usually busy with government affairs, had time to attend a dance. Zhao Yidi, who was about to get up and leave, saw a commotion in the crowd. Someone shouted: "Look, the marshal is here. ! "

Zhao Yidi looked in the direction where everyone was paying attention and saw Zhang Xueliang wearing a crisp white suit and a deep red-striped tie. The contrast between red and white made him look even more heroic and elegant.

Photos of Zhang Xueliang when he was young

Zhao Yidi was stunned. Before he could react, his sister Jiangxue had already greeted Zhang Xueliang: "Hello, commander of the army!"

Zhang Xueliang came towards this side, and Zhang Xueliang said to Jiangxue: "How come I haven't seen this little girl before?"

Jiangxue introduced with a smile: "This is my fourth sister Qixia. Because she is still studying, she rarely goes to these places."

Zhang Xueliang looked at Zhao Yidi, who was wearing a pink dress. He returned the gift respectfully and said: "Hello, Miss Fourth! Zhang Xueliang stretched out his hand to Miss Zhao Si, smiled and said: "Can I ask you to dance?" "

Zhao Yidi slowly stretched out his little hand, and the fate of the two people was forged.

Zhao Yidi

Zhang Xueliang was 25 years old at the time, while Zhao Yidi was only 14 years old. .

The two people who met for the first time did not have feelings for each other. Zhao Yidi She only admired Zhang Xueliang like a sister. But as they spent more and more time together, Zhao Yidi's feelings for Zhang Xueliang slowly changed. Around 1927, Zhao Yidi followed his family to Beidaihe for summer vacation, and Zhang Xueliang happened to be there too. Here, there are suddenly more opportunities for the two people to get along.

Zhao Yidi and Zhang Xueliang

As they get along day and night, the relationship between Zhao Yidi and Zhang Xueliang heats up rapidly, and has gone beyond pure friendship.

But Zhao Yidi knows that Zhang Xueliang has married, and she She never dared to express her feelings for Zhang Xueliang, and even after recognizing her love for Zhang Xueliang, she began to avoid him intentionally.

She wrote in her diary:

"I love Marshal Zhang very much, but it's a pity that he already has a wife. How can one know the suffering of life! "

However, you can't hide your love for someone. She finally gave up everything for Zhang Xueliang.

2. Falling in love: "Zhao Si has a home in Shenyang! "

, Zhang Zuolin was ambushed by the Japanese Kwantung Army on his way back to Fengtian from Beijing in 1928, and was bombed to death on the spot. Zhang Xueliang hurriedly packed his bags and prepared to rush to Shenyang with grief.

Zhang Zuolin was bombed at the scene

Facing this young man who was deeply in grief, Zhao Yihuo could no longer care about his shyness and reserve. He rushed towards him and hugged him tightly, kissing him deeply on the lips.

But one of them was a warlord marshal. , one is a lady, and rumors about the two have spread all over Tianjin. After Zhao Qinghua found out that his daughter fell in love with a married man, he was so angry that he wanted to find a marriage for Zhao Yidi immediately.

Zhao Yidi refused to comply.

In the autumn of 1929, with the help of her sixth brother Zhao Yansheng, 16-year-old Miss Zhao Si fled Tianjin and went to the Northeast to look for the sick Zhang Xueliang.

The news of Miss Zhao Si's disappearance spread throughout Tianjin overnight. Zhao Qinghua was so angry that his eyes turned green. He immediately issued a statement in the newspaper to sever the father-daughter relationship with Zhao Yidi.

The statement said:

"The four daughters are unfilial and have eloped with others, which is a disgrace to the family. From now on, the statement will be with Zhao Yidi." Zhao Yidi broke away from the relationship between father and daughter and severed all contact; he also declared that he was ashamed and would no longer be an official. "

And Zhao Yidi, who had just arrived in Shenyang, was shocked when she heard the news. What happened was far beyond her expectation.

She had no way out, and now Zhao Yidi had to face another difficulty - Fengzhi. Yu Fengzhi is Zhang Xueliang's original wife, how can she tolerate the arrival of Zhao Yidi.

Zhang Xueliang's original wife Yu Fengzhi

But Zhang Xueliang looked at the pitiful Zhao Yidi and said to Fengzhi: "Zhao Si is. It is impossible to return to Tianjin. She only has one home now, and that is Shenyang! "

Yu Fengzhi was helpless and could only set three conditions for Zhao Yidi. It was these three conditions that made Zhao Yidi follow Zhang Xueliang and have no status for the rest of his life. Yu Fengzhi's conditions are:

1. Zhao Yidi is not allowed to have the surname Zhang

2. Zhao Yidi cannot enter the Marshal's Mansion.

3. Zhao Yidi cannot have a formal status.

Zhao Yidi agreed without thinking. As long as she can be with Zhang Xueliang, she does not care about Zhang Xueliang's status and face in the Marshal's Mansion. A separate courtyard was built next to to house Zhao Yidi, and from then on the two of them could live together.

Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi

In 1930, , Zhao Yidi was pregnant, but she happened to have a huge malignant sore on her back while she was pregnant. Zhao Yidi could only drag her pregnant body to sleep on her side every day. The doctor did not recommend that Zhao Yidi stay. To give birth to this child, Zhang Xueliang considered Zhao Yidi's safety and said: "How about aborting this child." Zhao Yidi angrily rejected Zhang Xueliang's persuasion and insisted on having a baby.

And in this year, she successfully gave birth to a boy named Zhang Lulin .

Zhang Lulin and Zhao Yidi

Since then, Zhao Yidi has not only been good at educating children, but has also been a good helper for Zhang Xueliang in his career.

Zhao Yidi entered Fengtian University in Shenyang for further study, learned a lot of military and political knowledge, and became Zhang Xueliang's secretary.

Zhao Yidi was originally born as a lady. She was smart, studious, well-behaved and sensible since she was a child. She was naturally good at learning. Although women were not allowed to participate in military and political affairs at that time, Zhao Yidi became an exception for Zhang Xueliang.

Zhao Yidi reading

Before the 1936 Xi'an Incident, because Zhao Yidi had learned the password, many of Zhang Xueliang's secret interactions with the outside world were entrusted to her.

When Premier Zhou was invited to Zhang's Mansion, he saw Zhao Yidi and said with a smile: "Is this Miss Zhao Yidi? Although we have never met, we have interacted with each other quite a lot!"

Premier Zhou Enlai

But things are unpredictable. After the Xi'an Incident, everything changed.

3. "Han Qing, I have made you suffer..."

On December 12, 1936 , Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng forced Chiang to resist Japan and launched the Xi'an Incident. Later, although the Xi'an Incident was resolved peacefully, Zhang Xueliang was detained because of This incident was retaliated by Chiang Kai-shek, and he was put under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek. was under house arrest for 54 years.

At that time, Chiang Kai-shek requested that only one person could take care of Zhang Xueliang's daily life. Although Zhao Yidi and Zhang Xueliang loved each other, they were not justified in the end.

Zhang Xueliang's life under house arrest

Yu Fengzhi was very good to Zhao Yidi when he was in Shenyang. Zhao Yidi was unwilling to compete with Yu Fengzhi, so he took Zhang Lulin to Hong Kong to join his brother.

In 1941, Yu Fengzhi unfortunately suffered from breast cancer. Yu Fengzhi had to endure the pain to take care of Zhang Xueliang every day, which was very uncomfortable. Zhang Xueliang couldn't bear it, so he called Dai Li, the person who was responsible for guarding Zhang Xueliang at the time.

Dai Li and Zhang Xueliang had always had a good relationship, so they agreed to let Yu Fengzhi go to the United States for medical treatment, and notified Zhao Yidi, who was far away in Hong Kong, to come and take care of Zhang Xueliang.

Zhao Yidi in Hong Kong

But Zhang Xueliang has no bottom. Five years have passed and Zhao Yidi is living a comfortable life as a rich girl in Hong Kong. Is he really still willing to guard this bad old man like himself?

After Zhao Yidi received the news, he agreed without hesitation and immediately wrote back saying that he would be there immediately. She sent her 10-year-old son Zhang Lulin to the United States for foster care, and just like 13 years ago, she ran desperately to where Zhang Xueliang was.

Zhao Yidi

A pair of "couples" who had been in adversity and had deep love and righteousness finally reunited after a long absence. When the two met, they couldn't help but sigh and have mixed feelings.

"Han Qing, I have made you suffer..." Zhao Yidi originally had a lot to say, but after only saying these two sentences, he choked up. Zhao Yidi's love for Zhang Xueliang was warm and sincere without asking for anything in return.

Zhang Xueliang's life under house arrest was not easy, but because Zhao Yidi was by his side, he felt extremely happy. The two of them raised chickens in the yard. Although life was a bit hard, they lived a life of idle clouds and wild cranes.

Zhao Yidi feeds chickens

In 1964, Zhang Xueliang wanted to give Zhao Yidi a wedding, but both of them had already believed in Christianity at that time, and Christianity stipulates that you can only marry one wife in your life, and you don’t want to have three wives and four concubines like China, so Zhang Xueliang He wrote to Yu Fengzhi who was far away in the United States and wanted to divorce Yu Fengzhi.

He said in the letter:

"We are old, and my biggest wish is to become a devout Christian. Because of you and Miss Zhao Si, the pastor refuses to baptize me. I ask you to help." I'll make up my mind!"

But Yu Fengzhi didn't care much at this time and agreed to Zhang Xueliang's request.

The wedding scene of Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi

On July 4, 1964, , at the home of an American pastor in Taipei, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi held a wedding. At this time, Zhang Xueliang was 64 years old and Zhao Yidi was 51 years old.

Zhang Xueliang was wearing a suit and gown, his face was rosy, and his eyes were bright, as if he could see the heroic and unrestrained appearance of the young marshal back then. Zhao Yidi was wearing a red cheongsam, with happiness and smile between her brows.

In her later years, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi

, the man she had guarded all her life, finally gave her her status. From then on, she was his wife, and the two of them could be together legitimately.

In 1990, two years after Chiang Kai-shek's death, Zhang Xueliang finally regained his personal freedom. He and Zhao Yidi moved to the United States and spent the last 10 years of their lives.

000html Zhao Yidi died of pneumonia in 2 years. A year later, Zhang Xueliang also died of the same disease.

The cemetery of Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi in the United States

"It rains at night and autumn lights, pear flowers and begonias accompany me as we grow old; the east wind blows in the small building, and the past is hard to look back on."

Zhang Xueliang once said in an interview that the person he felt most sorry for was Qixia, she He sacrificed so much for himself, but it was not until his later years that he gained his status. But as the poem says, there is no need to look back on the past. It is the happiest and most romantic thing for two people to grow old together. And Miss Zhao Si lived a free and easy life and dared to pursue what she loved. In an era that was very harsh on women, this was already very admirable.