Chapter 17: With Great Effort, He Stemmed the Tide; Heroes Emerge in a Chaotic World

  Lu Tianming's voice was hoarse as he shouted: "The prisoners in the cafeteria have rioted and beaten to death Dai Zaoming, you must report this to your superiors immediately."

  Luo Sibao was in the room preparing to eat, and he had also spent a day with the prisoners. Wang Yijun rushed to his door and shouted "report" after seeing Luo Sibao, briefly telling him what happened. Luo Sibao didn't dare to delay, while letting Wang Yijun immediately report to the middle team, he himself took up an electric baton and rushed straight to the cafeteria.

  The soldier on guard was startled, and he hastily hugged his gun and ran towards the cafeteria. In the cafeteria, Gu Mingchen had already been beaten into silence, Hu Guangli was anxiously circling around the crowd, Ye Haodong was loudly shouting for everyone to calm down and be restrained, calling on those who didn't want to cause trouble to stand behind him, squatting on the ground with their hands covering their heads. The other eighteen people in the group were already squatting behind him. The armed police soldier rushed in with his gun, Hu Guangli seemed to have seen hope, he shouted loudly: "The soldier is here, if you continue to make trouble, the soldier will shoot you all!" This sentence at this moment became a real riot, human blood has always lacked the factor of breaking through the boat and fighting to the death, these people especially didn't lack it! A voice rose up: "Brothers, just one soldier came up, let's go up and snatch his gun away, screw him!"

  Hu Guangli was really anxious at this time, the big soldier saw that the crowd's emotions were completely out of control, he was so scared that he retreated step by step, holding his gun and couldn't even speak. Hu Guangli quickly took advantage of the situation, went up and snatched the gun from his hand. The big soldier had no gun in his hand, was so scared that he fell to the ground, Hu Guangli had never used this type 81 rifle before, didn't know how to release the safety let alone fire a warning shot.

  At the critical moment, Ye Hao suddenly took a step forward and punched Hu Guangli in the face. Hu Guangli was standing at the door and was knocked out by Ye Hao's punch, falling into Luo Sibao's arms as he rushed over. He still held the submachine gun in his hand. Luo Sibao was shocked and quickly grabbed Hu Guangli's neck with one hand while trying to snatch the gun with the other. In the chaos, the safety catch was accidentally released, and Hu Guangli unconsciously fired a blank shot! The loud gunshot pierced the silence of the Dafeng Prison, also startling the armed police squadron stationed there.

  Ye Haodong quickly followed, grabbing the muzzle of the gun and covering the gas port at the end. He kicked Hu Guangli in the stomach, snatched the gun away, and swiftly handed it to Luo Sibao, who was already pale and crouching on the ground. As he turned around, he loudly shouted: "All members of the fifth group block the door, no one is allowed to leave!" The members of the fifth group responded in unison, quickly gathering at the door, repeatedly shouting for everyone to calm down, and firmly blocking the entrance. Luo Sibao ejected two blank cartridges from the gun, aimed it at Hu Guangli's thigh, and fired! Bang! Hu Guangli fell over, clutching his leg in pain and wailing. This guy, who was fearless of electric batons and had high kung fu skills, was completely intimidated by the powerful firearm.

  Squad leader He Ruqiu led a group of armed police to the cafeteria quickly. With a wave of her hand, the armed police raised their steel guns and pointed them at the crowd of prisoners. Each face was expressionless and exuded a fierce killing intent.

  Ye Haodong, with a knowing look, squatted down on the ground, waving one hand to signal the five groups of brothers to all squat down and cover their heads. The frenzied prisoners inside were startled awake by the sound of gunfire tearing through the night sky and Hu Guangli's blood-soaked thigh, and after calming down, they also followed the example of the fifth group, squatting on the ground with their hands covering their heads.

  He Ruqiu's face turned iron-green, his expression ferocious as he walked up to them. Luo Sibao shouldered his gun and saluted loudly: "Reporting to the squad leader, earlier in the cafeteria, prisoner Hu Guangli snatched a rifle from the guard soldier, triggering a violent incident! The situation has been preliminarily brought under control!"

  "He Ruqiu: 'Everyone come out immediately and gather together, after going out hold your head in your hands and squat on the ground!'"

  The passion of the crowd has cooled down, and each of them is no longer fearless for life just a moment ago. One by one, they walked out with their heads hung low, listening to orders and squatting obediently. Ye Haodong blended in among them, calmly observing everyone's expressions.

  The soldiers stood with cold steel guns, apathetically gazing at the prisoners on the ground. Hu Guangli had lost too much blood and was unconscious, motionless. The scene was eerily silent, as if a century of silence had passed. The atmosphere was oppressively frightening. He Ruoqiu's icy voice: "Everyone squat in place, don't move. Luo Sibao, Ye Haodong, Wang Yijun, follow me."

  Against the wall, He Ruofu's face relaxed a bit, he pursed his lips and excitedly patted Luo Sibao and Ye Haodong on the shoulder, nodded at them, didn't say anything, took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it around, several people just stood there, their emotions unable to calm down for a long time.

  "Thanks to Ye Haodong today. He not only informed me and you in time, but also just saved my life."

  He Ruoxi stared at Ye Haodong and asked: "You saw the whole process of things, how did you judge that something was going to happen?"

  Ye Haodong: "At that time, everyone was exhausted and just about to eat dinner. Gu Mingchen wouldn't let up and started talking, saying the cafeteria would close at 8:30 and also demanded each group send two people to do chores for him. This guy was too much, these people were driven mad, they couldn't take it anymore and were on the verge of causing trouble. I felt a bit worried, so I quickly let Wang Yijun come out to report to you all. At first, that's roughly what happened."

  He Ruoxiang looked at Wang Yijun, and Wang Yijun nodded: "Report to the squadron leader, Ye Haodong said everything is true."

  "What about afterwards? Who started the trouble?" "It was Hu Guangli, it must have been him!" Ye Haodong said with a firm and decisive tone!

  He Ruoxue's eyes suddenly became sharp and she stared at Ye Haodong: "Why must it be him? Is it really him?"

  Ye Haodong looked at He Ruoxiu without showing weakness, his tone calm: "This matter has been reported to the higher-ups, in prison management work, this is a major problem."

  He Ruoxi nodded: "Go on."

  Ye Haodong: "If this matter is not handled properly, it will be the biggest accident in our squadron's management work this year. Once this matter is confirmed as an accident, all our work this year will be completely wasted. But if we summarize this incident as Gu Mingchen provoking public outrage, and Hu Guangli taking advantage of the situation to incite prisoners to riot, while he himself tries to seize a gun and attempt to escape, but was stopped in time by squad leader Luo Sibao, and squadron leader reacted quickly and arrived at the scene to calm down all the prisoners' emotions, effectively controlling the situation, showing our squadron's ability to respond to sudden events. This way, no one will be severely punished, production can continue, and you two may even get a reward."

  He Ruoxi's face was expressionless, not speaking a word, silently listening. Ye Haodong had no choice but to continue: "Now is the final stage of the cotton collection work, if we investigate who triggered this incident first, the most direct consequence might be that we can't complete this year's cotton collection task, because at that time, the scene was very chaotic, and several people rushed up to beat Gu Mingchen, almost everyone got involved."

  He Ruoxi: "How did Gu Mingchen's death get reported?"

  Ye Haodong was about to say that it was Hu Guangli who had beaten him to death with a heavy hand, in order to trigger the desperate mood of the crowd being cut off from retreat. The district team leader of the armed police walked over and reported: "The suspect Hu Guangli on the scene was shot and bled too much, has gone into shock, it is estimated that he will not be able to be rescued, another injured person Gu Mingchen has already woken up and can speak."

  Ye Haodong's heart sank, but he remained calm, standing there clenching his fists, expressionless, watching the changes quietly.

  Gu Mingchen was supported by a warrior, he had already been scared silly, at this moment three souls and seven spirits were still outside, his eyes stared straight ahead, muttering: "Don't hit me, I'm the big janitor, you bunch of turtle sons hurry up and stop hitting me, isn't it enough that I was wrong?"

  He Ruo's impatient wave of his hand signaled for the soldiers to take him away.

  He Ruqiu shook his head in self-mockery, thinking that such a big thing had happened and it was actually calmed down by a criminal. In the end, when reporting to the higher-ups, he still needed this criminal to point things out. He let out a long sigh: "This matter will be reported according to what Ye Haodong said, dinner is cancelled, everyone must immediately return to their rooms and sleep, no whispering or talking, no random movements. Once any violation is discovered, severe punishment will be meted out!"

  Lin Xiangwu rushed over just in time to hear the second half of He Ruoqiu's sentence. Afraid of trouble, he had deliberately come late, and this guy was a bit guilty. Hearing He Ruoqiu's words, he quickly took over the conversation and relayed it to the head of the armed police detachment.

  The next day, when Ye Haodong was called into the squadron office, He Ruqiu, Luo Sibao and Lin Xiangwu were all there, but there was also a middle-aged military officer with the rank of colonel in the room.

  "Are you Ye Haodong?" The middle-aged military officer with a serious expression on his face asked in a very formal tone.

  "Reporting to the superior officer, labor reform prisoner Ye Haodong has arrived as ordered, please instruct!" Ye Haodong shouted loudly and clearly.

  The principal nodded and said in a loud voice: "Hmm, not bad, looks like a clever and resourceful young man, what did you do to end up here?"

  Ye Haodong: "In self-defense, I killed a local gangster named Zeng Xinwei who came to my hometown."

  "Wait, what? You're saying you killed who? Zeng Xinwei? You're from Gangcheng? And just a small fry like you was able to kill Zeng Xinwei?"

  "Loudly, Ye Haodong reported: 'Report to the superior, Zeng Xinwei was killed by me with a crossbow. At that time, he took out his gun and threatened my life and my friend's life. I was forced to kill him. The prisoner Ye Haodong is indeed from Gangcheng. Finished reporting!'"

  The principal burst out laughing: "Damn it, kid, you're quite good at pretending. With your spirit and energy, I believe you can kill Zeng Xinyi, but what you said about self-defense? Ha! You can deceive others, but not me. He waved his hand to stop Ye Haodong from explaining, continuing: "Zeng Xinyi served five years in Xinjiang when I was still the brigade commander. He was under my management and had a very deep background as an inmate. Not only that, but he also had extraordinary means of uniting inmates and was very intelligent. No one could handle him during those five years, yet he ended up dead at your hands as soon as he returned home."

  He Ruoxiang saw that the chief of staff was in a good mood, and it seemed that Ye Haodong had made a good impression on him. He walked over and said softly: "Ye Haodong, this is our agricultural eighth division's chief of staff Lu Dingjiang, he asked you to come over to understand the situation that day, can you report the situation that day again to the chief?"

  Ye Haodong replied, just about to report to Lu Dingjiang. Lu Dingjiang waved his hand: "Forget it, I didn't call you here to listen to this. You guys aren't brave enough to deceive the organization anyway. I called you over because I wanted to see what kind of person could snatch a gun from Hei Hu Li, the bandit king of Beidi, and even save Xiao Bao's life."