Chapter 22 Chapter 64

Building No. 11 of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse was brightly lit at night. Jiang Qing imitated Mao Zedong's habit of sleeping during the day and working at night, making the No. 11 building where she lived full of life in the middle of the night.In the middle of the night, in the table tennis room in Building 11, Jiang Qing was playing table tennis with young Peking opera actor Zhao Kang. The table tennis room is brightly illuminated, and a dark green international standard table tennis table enshrines the game of China's "greatest woman" under the bright light.The temperature here is the same as that of every room, even every corridor, and every flight of stairs up and down Building 11. It maintains a constant temperature of 22 degrees for 24 hours. In Jiang Qing's own words, 22 degrees Celsius is "Jiang Qing's temperature." She even joked He said: "21 degrees Celsius is the temperature of Lin Biao, and 18 degrees Celsius is the temperature of leaf groups." Mao Zedong was not so picky about the temperature, 18 degrees, 19 degrees, 20 degrees, and 21 degrees were all right, but it was 22 degrees, that is, "Jiang Qing "temperature", Mao Zedong frowned and said: "This is the temperature of death." Jiang Qing was warm and comfortable in such a temperature, like a bird in the spring breeze, like a beaming cat in the sunshine, running around fluffy , very comfortable.She often said contemptuously: "Those who are used to darkness and coldness are cold-blooded animals, crawling sinisterly like snakes in wet and cold caves, afraid to see the sun, dare not face the heat, dare not be upright."

When she was wearing a black long-sleeved sportswear and holding a big-sword table tennis racket with red rubber sponge and walked into the table tennis room facing the dark green table, she felt the softness, looseness and easy-going of the sportswear. The whole body including arms, legs and feet were freed from the serious and tense clothes in the past, and immediately stretched flexibly.Every sweat pore in her body was opened, Qi and blood flowed smoothly, and the warm air in the room soaked her harmoniously, and her movements of front, back, left, and right swung this warm air.This is a warmer and more comfortable nest than fur.Wearing a black sportswear will show her fair skin even more. When she squats down slightly and poses like a decent table tennis player, she knows that she has a refined and handsome appearance.As she played, she got better and better, and the snow-white ping-pong balls jumped in front of her again and again, and she swung her racket left and right to hit the ping-pong balls back.

As soon as Zhao Kang received the call, he rushed over in the middle of the night without delay. He knew the "Jiang Qing temperature" a long time ago, so when he took off his outer clothes, he was in short attire: short-sleeved red sportswear with blue colored shorts.He walked lightly and elastically to scoop up Jiang Qing's balls, including every ball that went out of bounds, and he could scoop them up in the air and send them to the place that was neither left nor right, neither forward nor backward, neither high nor low. In the best position, Jiang Qing can almost hit every incoming ball without moving his feet or changing his posture.She said with a smile while playing, "I need to change a little bit, and I need to train me strictly and hard." Zhao Kang would make a little change in the landing point of the ball, and Jiang Qing would concentrate on hitting every shot like a child. A ball, while wiping the fine sweat from his forehead, held up his glasses, and said, "It's more difficult. The landing points of your balls are all in the middle. I only want Jiang Qing's temperature, but I don't want Jiang Qing's landing point." Zhao Kang Smile, before and after running, try to scoop all kinds of balls that are not out of bounds and out of bounds into "Jiang Qing's drop point".Jiang Qing would bend down a little bit more, squat down a little bit, pretending to be facing a formidable enemy, and said: "It seems that I can only show courtesy first, and force you not to play this kind of middle-of-the-road ball." , she tried her best to hit the ball back and forth, and as the saying goes, she "slipped" Zhao Kang. Moreover, she only needed to hit the ball over the net, and she was not responsible for the ball that went out of bounds. It was Zhao Kang who had to save it. Come on the ball.

Zhao Kang bounced back and forth, left and right, catching the incoming ball very lightly. Many diving movements were as thrilling and light as cats. Yes, every ball is still delivered steadily to "Jiang Qing's landing point" from all directions.This special game rule gave Jiang Qing the excitement of being evenly matched with this opponent whose skill is much higher than his own.Jiang Qing swung his racket violently and hit the ball out of bounds. Zhao Kang jumped back lightly and delivered the ball steadily.Jiang Qing lightly blocked the racket again, just as the ball passed the net, Zhao Kang jumped up on the ground like a leopard, landed gently in front of the stage, and still calmly sent the ball in front of Jiang Qing.The ball was a little higher, which provided Jiang Qing with the best position for smashing. Jiang Qing made a smash, and Zhao Kang retreated slightly, and sent the ball that could have been counter-drawn peacefully.Jiang Qing was so excited that his face glowed, and he swung his racket again for a smash. The ball hit the net, and Zhao Kang got a chance to breathe.

Jiang Qing reached out to pick up the ball from the table, and said, "I'm going to serve the ball." Zhao Kang said with a smile, "As long as it passes the net, it's mine." Jiang Qing said, "You speak so loudly. " Zhao Kang said: "It's not about being loud, it's about being confident." Jiang Qing said: "Arrogant soldiers are bound to be defeated." Zhao Kang said: "Failure is the mother of success." Jiang Qing said: "Your level of sophistry is quite high. " Zhao Kang said: "You have to look higher." Jiang Qing smiled happily and said, "You are quite suitable to be a cross talk actor." It's a pity that I became a Beijing opera actor, not a cross talk actor." Jiang Qing said, "What's the regret?" Zhao Kang said, "Peking opera actors need to move their mouths and legs, and cross talk actors move their mouths only, so it's better to move their mouths alone to save effort." I want to be a crosstalk actor. If you call in the middle of the night, I’ll come over to accompany you and keep your mouth open.” Jiang Qing bent down with a burst of laughter, and Zhao Kang said solemnly: “You don’t have to talk to me, this little boy. People with common sense don’t want to lose their temper by laughing.” Jiang Qing couldn’t stop laughing, she tapped on the table with a ping-pong paddle and said, “Repeal your right to talk.” Zhao Kang winked and said humorously: "You also canceled my right to walk around, so I'll take a break." Jiang Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, brushed his hair, and said, "Watch the ball." He bounced the ball on the table Get up, swing the racket sideways, and the ball hits Zhao Kang's face. The right land fell in front of Jiang Qing.

On the spur of the moment, Jiang Qing made a sideways forehand smash. The ball hit the roof of the house, and then refracted to the side wall. Zhao Kang sliced ​​the ball flutteringly in mid-air.The ball landed relatively close to the net and relatively high, Jiang Qing's eyes widened, he rushed forward and gave a hard dunk, and the ball hit the wastebasket in the corner.She herself fell down on the ping-pong table because of too much force, and the table slammed into it.She was lying on the table panting, Zhao Kang ran over and asked carefully: "Comrade Jiang Qing, did you knock?" Said: "A little dizzy." Zhao Kang quickly said: "Do you want me to call a nurse?" Jiang Qing said: "No." Zhao Kang rubbed his hands and said hesitantly: "Then I...help you up." One arm, said: "Okay, let you show it." Zhao Kang held this arm carefully, and lifted Jiang Qing softly from the table.Jiang Qing stood still, feeling a little dizzy at this moment. Panting for breath, she closed her eyes, bathed in the bright light, and leaned against Zhao Kang's body.The young man's body is very strong, and he can feel his well-developed chest muscles and the bulging muscles on his upper arms. The hot sweat of the young man is evaporating, which reminds her of the banana trees and palm trees in the tropical Hainan Island, and also reminds her of all kinds of animals in the zoo. There are several male animals: tigers, lions, bears, and wild horses. It also reminds her of the dry, hot, springy and undulating land awakened by the warm sun in spring. It also reminds her of a group of rural boys sweating naked Lying on the straw pile reminded her of the salty smell of sweat.Zhao Kang's firm and strong body set off her slack and soft body, and she hung neatly on the clothes rack like a silk nightgown.

Panting like this for a while, Jiang Qing shook his head and opened his eyes, looked up at the snow-white lights on the roof, and said, "Why don't you slip your tongue now?" Zhao Kang stood there firmly like a stake, motionless and steady Supporting her, he smiled and said, "Didn't the chief cancel my right just now?" Jiang Qing said, "The execution will be postponed for two years." Zhao Kang said: "Actually, I still like to slack my legs. It's easy to make mistakes if you slack your mouth, but you don't make mistakes when you slack your legs." Jiang Qing cheered up and stood up straight from Zhao Kang's support. Zhao Kang looked at her, still hesitating He let go of his hand.Jiang Qing shook his hair again, and said half-seriously and half-humorously: "You have already made a mistake in what you said just now." Zhao Kang recalled it all at once, scratched his head and said, "Look, this word is not slipping I made a mistake by slipping away." Jiang Qing glanced at him, snorted, smiled slightly, and asked, "Can you swim?" Zhao Kang touched his square face and said, "Yes." Jiang Qing looked He checked his watch and said, "Let's go swimming now, and you're still the coach." Zhao Kang was unprepared for a while, and asked quickly, "Where are you going?" Jiang Qing said, "It's an indoor swimming pool, a smaller swimming pool." Kang showed embarrassment and said, "My swimming is even more amateurish."

Jiang Qing said: "Amateur level is enough, and the pool is not deep, so I can't drown me." Jiang Qing casually pressed the paging button on the wall, and the door opened immediately, and a pretty waitress came in. Jiang Qing said: "Ten minutes. Go swimming in the future, let them go too." The waitress immediately nodded and said yes, then turned and left.When Zhao Kang heard that there were still people going, he smiled in relief and said, "There are quite a lot of people, isn't it?" Jiang Qing said, "Swimming is better with more people, it's lively, right?" Kang, Zhao Kang pursed his lips mischievously, and said, "Yes, if there were only one or two people in an empty pool, it would be too deserted."

The temperature in the swimming pool is naturally higher than the "Jiangqing temperature" of 22 degrees Celsius, which is warmer. A pool of pure water glowing with blue light exudes warm moisture.Jiang Qing was wearing a dark blue swimsuit and a dark blue swimming cap, and walked into the swimming pool surrounded by several young and not-so-young women, with a white bath towel draped over her shoulders.When she reached the edge of the pool, a young girl supported her by the arm. She leaned on the stainless steel escalator to get into the water, squatted down and stretched out her feet to test the temperature of the water, and stepped on the ladder to get into the water step by step. Zhao Kang, who got into the water first, stood chest-high in the water Reached out to respond.As soon as Jiang Qing entered the water, the women were talking and laughing as they helped the escalator down to the water, and the swimming subject began in a warmer environment.Zhao Kang used his slick skills like a cross talk actor to make today's swimming training a little easier.

Jiang Qing seemed rather clumsy in the swimming pool. He swam breaststroke in the water. He held his breath and couldn't jump very far, so he fumbled and pulled the water to stand up. The glasses were fastened from the back with a black elastic band, but they were worn securely.As soon as she got out of the water, she wiped the water from her face and looked back pantingly at the distance she had swam, and said to Zhao Kang, "My head is always out of the water, and I can't breathe." Zhao Kang said: "You are not coordinating the movements of your hands and feet now, and you want to add breathing, which is more likely to mess up." Jiang Qing asked: "What should we do?" Zhao Kang said: "According to professional training, you should start with chest 1. Put on a life jacket on your waist so that you can float on the water, so that you can concentrate on practicing hand and foot coordination. After you are proficient in hand and foot coordination, you can gradually remove the life jacket and combine breathing movements." Jiang Qing looked around and said "What should I do if there is no life jacket here?" Zhao Kang stretched out his hands with a look of embarrassment on his face, Jiang Qing suddenly understood, and said, "Do I have to be entrusted to me?" Zhao Kang said: "Yes, but it is not appropriate for me to entrust you, and I I can’t teach you.” Jiang Qing glanced at him, waved his hand to the side, and immediately came a young girl, who stood in the water under Zhao Kang’s guidance, and supported the middle of Jiang Qing’s body with her arms , Jiang Qing's head came out of the water, and his hands and feet began to swim breaststroke in coordination.Under the guidance of Zhao Kang, the girl walked slowly in the chest-high water, giving Jiang Qing a sense of progress.

Jiang Qing's coordination of hands and feet was still very clumsy. When Zhao Kang watched her paddling and kicking, he couldn't help showing a bit of disdain. In this clumsy and powerless strokes, Jiang Qing showed the attitude of an old woman.Especially when the girl didn't support her hands properly, causing Jiang Qing to lose his balance in the water, and fluttered around in a panic, it was somewhat ugly.At this time, Zhao Kang couldn't avoid seeing Jiang Qing's shoulders showing the slack and aging of a fifty-year-old woman.After a period of serious coaching, Zhao Kang lost confidence in quickly teaching Jiang Qing to swim, so he joked and laughed less seriously.Jiang Qing thumped for a while, and got tired of it, so she went ashore a little frustrated. She half-lyed and half-sat down on the recliner covered with bath towels, her face a bit ugly.When she saw several other women swimming around in the swimming pool, her eyes were especially cold.Zhao Kang also went ashore. He shook off the water droplets on his muscular shoulders and chest like a strong horse, walked over, wrapped himself in a towel and wiped it, and sat down on a recliner beside Jiang Qing. .Jiang Qing stared at the top of the swimming pool with a little haze and did not speak. What she thought of at this moment were some scenes that had been remembered for many years. It was swimming at the seaside. Mao Zedong bravely cut through the wind and waves and swam to the depths of the sea. Several people surrounded Mao Zedong and swam together, including Wang Guangmei.Jiang Qing herself could only sit on the beach with an umbrella with red flowers on a white background, watching Wang Guangmei, who was wearing a purple swimsuit and a purple swimming cap, swim farther and farther with Mao Zedong, a feeling of resentment arose in her heart. Emotions.She dug the sand vigorously, grabbed the pebbles in the sand and threw them vigorously into the sea. The insignificant splashes were far from being able to vent her emotions. Instead, she grabbed one or two pointed stones and carved the sand like a knife. Can let her release a little imbalance.The sea is too vast. If you look far away, you can't see Mao Zedong and the people around him. Only the sea water is shining like thousands of mirrors in the sun.In these mirrors, occasionally a small red dot can be seen, which may be Wang Guangmei.Then the little red dot disappeared, and the sea swayed brightly in the sun.I don't know how long it took, and finally the little red dot appeared in the distance again, and the red dot gradually became bigger, like a red badge.Slowly, I saw Mao Zedong's head, and the heads of several other people swimming with him. Wang Guangmei's red swimming cap was like a red mushroom rising and falling, getting closer and closer, and the waves of the sea layered up. One layer rushed to the beach.When Wang Guangmei and others helped Mao Zedong onto the beach, Jiang Qing could only see the sea level in the distance through their thighs.Since then, she has vowed: to learn to swim, to be able to swim the Yangtze River and the sea; however, she has not been able to do so. It was the pretty girl who walked up to her just now and asked softly: "Comrade Jiang Qing, what would you like for supper today?" Jiang Qing looked at the big wall clock on the opposite wall, and it was already half past twelve in the middle of the night, she thought for a while and said "Let's cook apples." The girl glanced at Zhao Kang again, then turned to Jiang Qing again, and asked, "What else?" Jiang Qing came to her senses, and turned to Zhao Kang, "What do you want to eat? Do you want to cook apples?" ?” Zhao Kang giggled, and said, “Is there anything else?” Jiang Qing said, “I have everything.” Zhao Kang said, “Then I don’t want to cook apples, but some bread and sausage, and a glass of milk would be the best. " Jiang Qing glanced at Zhao Kang and said: "This is a very brave way to eat." She waved to the girl and said: "Do it." After a while, several waitresses brought the supper.The young and not-so-young women in the swimming pool went ashore one after another, wrapped their bodies in bath towels, and sat beside Jiang Qing to have supper.Zhao Kang broke open the bread, sandwiched two sausages in it, and chewed it vigorously, while drinking hot milk from a cup.Jiang Qing picked up the blue-and-white porcelain bowl, scooped up the cooked apple pieces with a blue-and-white porcelain spoon, and ate small pieces slowly, carefully. She frowned suddenly, and a waitress standing beside her with her arms tied left immediately. Come over, leaned over and asked: "Is there anything inappropriate, Comrade Jiang Qing?" Jiang Qing said: "The cooking time is too long." The waiter was a girl with a baby face, and hurriedly said tremblingly: "I will cook another one for you and bring it to you." .” Jiang Qing put the bowl on the round table next to him expressionlessly and said, "That's it for today." The waitress stood there bent over, and after a while, she took a few steps back hesitantly, and stood with her hands down. At this time, a girl in military trousers and a military fleece jacket pushed open the gate of the swimming pool, walked over in a hurry, leaned over and said to Jiang Qing, "Comrade Ye Qun is here." Jiang Qing waved her hand and said, "Please come, Just come here.” After a while, Ye Qun appeared at the entrance of the swimming pool wearing a military uniform and a military cap with collar badges and cap badges.When she was led here, she showed a bit of embarrassment, because walking into a swimming pool with a group of people wearing swimsuits in all clothes was obviously very blunt and abrupt, and one should not offend the environment like this. Ye Qun walked up to Jiang Qing, and smiled affectionately and with some anxiety: "Comrade Jiang Qing, I have ruined your subject by doing this." Jiang Qing sat up from the recliner and said affectionately: "You are most welcome, sit down Let's go." She went to pull a recliner, and Ye Qun hurriedly moved the recliner to Jiang Qing and sat down. At the same time, he glanced at Zhao Kang who was eating sausage and bread, and Jiang Qing said to Ye Qun: "You also have something to eat Let’s go.” Ye Qun said, “No, I usually don’t eat at night.” Jiang Qing said, “I’ll treat you to some foreign movies later, and we’ll leave after dawn.” Ye Qun smiled and said, “Your place already belongs to the chairman. The schedule is out, but I can’t do it there. I’m going to stay here all night, and there’s no one to take care of my work during the day tomorrow. I’m rushing to send you the materials you want.” Ye Qun said as he joined the military He took out a kraft paper document bag from his satchel and said, "This is for you. Comrade Lin Biao has already read it." Jiang Qing quickly asked, "Does Vice Chairman Lin have any instructions?" Ye Qun said, "Yes, I can do what you asked Don't you want to do it?" Ye Qun glanced at Zhao Kang, and Jiang Qing quickly introduced: "This is Zhao Kang, our man, absolutely reliable." Ye Qun nodded with a smile and said, "I know." She then said to Jiang Qing: "Have you heard about Liu Shaoqi's situation?" Jiang Qing asked very carefully, "What's the situation?" Ye Qun replied: "As soon as he heard the communiqué of the Twelfth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee, his blood pressure suddenly rose, with a low pressure of 130, a high pressure of 260, and a high fever of 40 degrees." "Ye Qun said: "Comrade Jiang Qing has contributed a lot to the defeat of China's biggest Khrushchev." Jiang Qing said: "I just gave some guidance to the work of the task force." We need to transfer two nurses from Beijing Hospital to take care of Liu Shaoqi." Jiang Qing said, "He just does everything he can to be a good person." After a pause, she continued, "That's fine, let Liu Shaoqi live a few more days, and let him live until the ninth day of the meeting. Great, continue to be a living target." At this point, she pulled Ye Qun to her side and whispered into her ear: "We both strive to get into the Politburo at the Ninth National Congress." Ye Qun smiled and said in a low voice: " Comrade Jiang Qing is fine, I..." Jiang Qing patted her on the shoulder affectionately, and said loudly: "You are fine, I can speak with confidence." Ye Qun flatteringly said: "It all depends on Comrade Jiang Qing's care." Jiang Qing remembered again What, said to Ye Qun: "Help me arrange it. I want to take some photos for Vice Chairman Lin. The photos should be better and have some characteristics." Ye Qun pretended to clap his hands happily and said, "That's okay, I went to tell Comrade Lin Biao that he would be very happy." Jiang Qing said, "You must make arrangements for me." Ye Qun said, "I will resolutely carry out Comrade Jiang Qing's instructions, and resolutely follow them." The more Jiang Qing talked, the happier she was. She had already forgotten all about the frustration of swimming. She and Ye Qun talked passionately, like a pair of close sisters.Ye Qun put her hands on the round table, with a very sincere expression on her cheekbones and pointed chin, she looked at Jiang Qing and said: "I was influenced by Comrade Lin Biao, and I also read a little history, and found that there are truly outstanding women in Chinese history. There are very few politicians, that is, Wu Zetian, Empress Lu, and Cixi. They are nothing, and I don’t admire them. What I really admire is one person——Comrade Jiang Qing. You are the greatest of the Chinese nation Women are not only female politicians, but also female revolutionaries." Jiang Qing smiled and wanted to say something modest, but Ye Qun said firmly: "I know you need to be modest, but there is nothing to be modest about. The facts are here." Jiang Qing Hearing this, she was in a great mood, and the conversation between her and Ye Qun ended slowly. She said to Ye Qun: "I don't want to give you this swimsuit." Ye Qun waved his hands again and again, stood up respectfully and said: "I I'm bothering you today, so I'll take my leave." As she spoke, she turned her head and waved several times, and walked out of the swimming pool. Jiang Qing watched Ye Qun's back in military uniform with a longing smile in his eyes.Ye Qun walked for a long time, but she was still immersed in the longing smile. The swimming pool was bright, warm and full of spring.She beckoned the baby-faced waitress over, making an exception and asking her to refill herself with a cup of hot milk.Zhao Kang clasped his hands and fingers in front of him, and sat there for a while, when he suddenly remembered a news he had just heard. He said to Jiang Qing: "I heard that Lu Xiaolong is going to lead a group of students on foot to the countryside of Yan'an to join the queue. After finishing speaking, he paid attention to Jiang Qing's reaction. After all, Lu Xiaolong is the most famous rebel student in the country, and it is still news that he is going to Yan'an on foot to join the team.Jiang Qing obviously didn't care about the news at all. She seemed to be still immersed in the longing smile. At this moment, she said casually: "Really? They should have left Beijing long ago." Zhong Yang showed a very stretched and happy expression, adjusted his glasses, stood up and said: "Let's continue to practice swimming. I must break through this level and be able to swim in the sea." Zhao Kang stood up faithfully with his strong muscles, and followed Jiang Qing to the escalator to the swimming pool.After he took care of Jiang Qing and went down into the chest-high water, Jiang Qing looked at him and asked, "Do you know what season it is?" Zhao Kang thought for a while, realized the cold night outside, and replied, "Winter." Jiang Qing said: "Yes. There is a poem by Shelley: When winter comes, can spring be far behind? Do you understand what this means?" Zhao Kang didn't know what Jiang Qing was referring to for a while, and said puzzledly: "I don't understand." Jiang Qing said: "Then think about it slowly." She then added: "Take care of me." She stretched out her arms and rushed forward into the water.