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Li Qingzhao, as a famous female lyricist in the Northern Song Dynasty of China, was once known as an "outstanding female talent".
With his unique poetic talent and profound cultural influence, Li Qingzhao has become a beautiful treasure of Song Dynasty literature.
But no one thought that everyone only knew that Li Qingzhao was a once-in-a-lifetime talented woman, but they didn't know that she also had an unknown identity - the "God of Gambling" of the Great Song Dynasty. What's going on?
In fact, compared with Li Qingzhao's life, her hardest day is that she met a man.
Li Qingzhao was born in a wealthy and highly educated family since she was a child, and her father, Li Gefei, was also a well-known scholar at that time.
As for Li Qingzhao's mother, she was also born in a scholarly family.
Growing up in such a family atmosphere, it can be seen that Li Qingzhao's early life was happy.
Facts have proved that Li Qingzhao has received a good education since he was a child, so he showed his proud talent in literature at a young age.
It is precisely Li Qingzhao's extraordinary talent that provides an indispensable part of the history of ancient Chinese literature.
And Li Qingzhao lived a very happy life in the first half of his life.
Not to mention, Li Qingzhao has lived a rich life since he was a child and has a talent that is loved by people.
Even after Li Qingzhao got married, he lived extremely happily.
Li Qingzhao's love is completely opposite to the twists and turns imagined by the world, and her love with Zhao Mingcheng was very sweet from the beginning.
In terms of talent, Li Qingzhao is very talented, and Zhao Mingcheng is also a personable teenager who also loves literature very much.
Therefore, the two have a common language from the very beginning.
As for the family background, the two are also a good match.
Li Qingzhao's father and Zhao Mingcheng's father were officials in the imperial court together, and their ranks were also comparable.
Therefore, there is no such thing as being separated by a family member. The combination of these two people can be regarded as a strong alliance of two big families.
In addition, Zhao Mingcheng is not only talented, personable and handsome, but the key is that he is very dedicated and patient with Li Qingzhao.
Therefore, the two came together smoothly and became husband and wife.
After marriage, the life of the two is more like sugar in a honey pot, and they are very affectionate.
However, if there is anything bad about it, it is estimated that Zhao Mingcheng has been working as an official in other places, and the two have been living separately in two places for a long time, gathering less and leaving more.
However, this did not affect the relationship between the two husband and wife, but became more and more affectionate.
But the turning point of everything happened at home.
Due to the chaos between the old and new parties, Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng's fathers were demoted one after another.
In order to be preserved, Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng could only leave immediately and chose to go to a remote place to avoid the limelight.
Although the two fled to the countryside, the elegance and ambition of the two were not lacking at all.
Li Qingzhao still writes all kinds of words, and new works emerge one after another.
And Zhao Mingcheng also has his own things to do, he likes to collect all kinds of antiques, and antiques happen to be very expensive things.
But even in such a situation, Li Qingzhao fully supported Zhao Mingcheng to do what he liked.
Even, Li Qingzhao used his own jewelry to find his favorite antiques for Zhao Mingcheng.
This kind of relationship is really enviable, and the emotions of the two are very stable, and their lives are quite good.
However, all this peace was finally broken.
Due to the invasion of the Song Dynasty by the Jin soldiers, Zhao Mingcheng and his wife had to start fleeing again.
And how obsessed Li Qingzhao is with gambling? This can be seen from the fact that she fled all the way in embarrassment.
Li Qingzhao fled all the way, and after she got off the fleeing ship as soon as possible, she quickly rented a house and couldn't wait to take out the gambling equipment to gamble first.
This is enough to see Li Qingzhao's obsession with gambling.
First of all, fleeing can still choose to gamble first under various emotional panics, which many people can't do.
The second is to carry gambling equipment with you on the way to escape, which is not something that ordinary people can do.
Even, during his later escape, Zhao Mingcheng was seriously ill and finally died of depression.
Although Zhao Mingcheng's death brought a big blow to Li Qingzhao, Li Qingzhao still remembered gambling.
At this time, Li Qingzhao, although he was a little embarrassed, was still very powerful economically.
Although Li Qingzhao does not have much cash, Li Qingzhao's works are even the antiques that Zhao Mingcheng liked before, each of which is very valuable, and it is a lot of money to sell.
And Li Qingzhao's good gambling is not cultivated in a day or two, and it has a lot to do with his culture since childhood.
First of all, the people of the Song Dynasty were good at gambling, which is also a well-known thing.
In addition, there are various gambling methods, such as betting on balls, chess, dice rolling, cockfighting, etc.
Even those who have watched "Water Margin" know that Gao Yu voted for Song Huizong because of kicking and bowing, so that he directly crossed from a market hooligan to a powerful Gao Taiwei.
It can be seen that gambling in the Song Dynasty was not actually an evil act, but a Xi practice.
Therefore, Li Qingzhao has been very fond of gambling since he was a child, and even reached the point of infatuation, and he was deeply trapped in it and couldn't extricate himself.
Even so, Li Qingzhao has never regretted gambling. As for why?
is because Li Qingzhao is not only talented, but also has great gambling skills.
Even, Li Qingzhao has never lost when gambling, and he can be described as a "winning general" in the casino, and when gambling, he can also bring Li Qingzhao a great sense of achievement.
According to historical records, "playing horses" was a gambling method in the Song Dynasty and the predecessor of mahjong, and Li Qingzhao was a frequent visitor to the "beating horses" table.
Even, Li Qingzhao once said: There is no trick to gambling, it is just to find a way to take the lead, and only focused people can be invincible.
This expresses Li Qingzhao's self-confidence, and even more self-confidence: I like gambling, and I can indulge in it from the beginning and forget to sleep and eat. Every time I gamble, no matter how much I gamble, I can win back, why is that? To put it bluntly, I am proficient in gambling.
This is enough to see that Li Qingzhao's gambling skills are not comparable to ordinary people.
Therefore, it is speculated here that Li Qingzhao's already smart gambling may have also been accurately grasped by her, and the reason why she was still obsessed with gambling after Zhao Mingcheng's death was not to dissipate the pain in her heart?
And Li Qingzhao, who was happy in the first half of his life, suffered a lot in middle age.
In Li Qingzhao's middle age, he met Zhang Ruzhou, who was younger than Li Qingzhao and launched various pursuits for Li Qingzhao.
In order to settle down, Li Qingzhao finally agreed to Zhang Ruzhou's marriage proposal, and the two became husband and wife.
However, I didn't expect that all kinds of considerate faces before marriage changed after marriage.
It turned out that Zhang Ruzhou was just for Li Qingzhao's money.
From the beginning, it was for Li Qingzhao's money, and tried all kinds of ways to let Li Qingzhao sell Zhao Mingcheng's favorite antiques during his lifetime.
Once Li Qingzhao was unwilling, Zhang Ruzhou changed his face and abused Li Qingzhao.
Under this kind of torture, Li Qingzhao also directly collected Zhang Ruzhou's incriminating evidence and worked hard to break free from the shackles of this marriage.
Even if Li Qingzhao finally had to accept nine days in prison, he was resolutely willing to go to prison, just for the freedom of the rest of his life.
After that, Li Qingzhao devoted himself to the writing and collation of Zhao Mingcheng's works.
Only then was the later "Jinshi Lu" published, which accumulated precious historical materials for the development of archaeology for future generations.