Chapter XVII: An Unimportant Riot

As the sun rises, Warden Norton's car drives into the prison.

He walked towards the prison office building in a straight suit, which was his daily job, and although the inmate named Andy Duforan had recently caused a lot of trouble in his work, he believed that everything would be solved.

When the two prison guards saw Norton, they hurriedly greeted him.

"Warden, something happened in the prison yesterdayβ€”"

Norton interrupted them with a wave of his hand, "We'll talk about that later." ”

"Since you're still standing here safely, it's not a big deal, and now I'm more concerned about ......" Norton paused: "Is Andy Duforan's confinement over?" ”

"But-" The prison guard glanced at Norton's face, and still swallowed Wu Xingzhi's matter back for the time being.

They knew that the well-dressed warden in front of them was not actually interested in the prisoners' riots, and he and the captain of the guard, Hadley, were two extremes, and Hadley liked to discipline the prisoners and get the pleasure of violence from the prisoners.

And Warden Norton prefers money.

The average prisoner was able to bring him very little money, and the warden had relied on the banker who had killed his wife, Andy Duforan, for most of the past ten years.

Most of the prison guards have received favors from Duforan to help with tax exemptions or do some dirty things in other areas of the gray economy.

That's why, when Duflan wanted to get rid of the charges, Norton was furious and put the Shawshank prison celebrity in a confinement cell.

even directly killed the young man who could help Du Fulan overturn the case-

You must know that for Norton, he rarely directly kills prisoners, and reporting the cause of death to the outside world will cause problems for his work, because of this kind of thing, he often teaches Hadley to be lighter and not to beat people to death.

All the prison guards in the prison hope that Du Foran will stay in Shawshank Prison honestly forever, so that they can have a free smart accountant and a source of income without a price.

"Duforan's confinement is indeed over."

Norton nodded with satisfaction, "So, let's go see our good husband." ”

"I'm sure after this time, he won't be so impulsive again."

"A prisoner is always a prisoner, and he can't think that he can do whatever he wants at Shawshank because of his peculiarity."

The prison guards wanted to speak and stopped, compared to Duflan, there is now an Asian in the prison but it is too presumptuous, that is called really doing whatever he wants.

Following in Norton's footsteps, the group quickly walked to the confinement room.

"Huh? What about Gerald, who is in charge of the confinement chamber? ”

"Warden, Gerald's in the infirmary, yesterdayβ€”"

"It doesn't matter." Norton didn't have the heart to listen, he motioned for the guards to open the door to the confinement cell, and the light shone in, revealing a thin, emaciated figure.

The man lay on the ground, as if startled by the light, and reflexively held his head.

Norton stood in the doorway, silent for a moment, staring at the prisoner who had brought him great benefit.

"I'm sure you've heard about it."

Finally, he spoke, his tone calm: "It's miserable. ”

"At such a young age, Xing Qi has less than a year left, and he still wants to escape from prison."

"Our guards were on the verge of breaking their hearts when they opened fire."

He spoke in a compassionate tone, as if he were reciting the Bible.

"Let's forget about it."

"Look forward and move on."

The man lying on the ground slowly raised his head, and the light made him squint.

Of course he knew what was going on.

Jailbreak?

It's just a ridiculous excuse.

The person standing against the light in front of him is just to prevent himself from clearing his name, so that he can do black work for him forever.

There was suppressed anger in his tone: "I'm quitting!" ”

"That's the end of it, let someone else do it for you."

Norton shook his head, as if mocking his childishness.

"It won't end here."

"Never!"

He took two steps forward, walked up to Hardy, crouched down, eyes fixed on him.

"Otherwise you won't have a good life."

"I'll remove the guards protecting you, get you out of your solitary cell, and throw you at those perverts."

His face was as calm as ever, but his eyes under the lenses were straight and cruel.

"Imagine them lining up to humiliate you."

"As for the library? It won't exist anymore. ”

"Sealed with bricks, and a bonfire in the yard with those books, and the light of the fire could be seen for miles, and we danced around the campfire like Indians."

"Do you hear that? Do you understand? ”

The anger made Hardy tremble, and the man in front of him was dressed in the appearance of a civilized person, but the inside was full of pus, and it was terrible.

Moreover, the other party ate himself.

It can't go on any longer.

With a plan nearly two decades in the making, it's time to execute.

......

When he left the confinement cell, Norton felt satisfied.

Andy finally gave in, which meant that he could continue to happily earn that considerable gray income.

Shawshank Prison is his prison after all, and it can return to its most normal state.

The prison guard behind him finally had a chance to speak: "Warden, about yesterday's events-"

"Come to my office and tell me."

Norton was in a good mood at this time, and did not mind the encroachment of the prison guards, he returned to his office, sat comfortably on the sofa, lit a cigar for himself, took a deep breath, and then said slowly, "You can say it." ”

"That's right, there was a riot in the prison yesterday, about that Asian named Wu Xingzhi."

"Oh?" Norton was a little absent-minded: "This kind of thing, can't you guards handle it yourself?" ”

"Oh, by the way, Hadley is still on his job." He thought about it, and then said with some impatience: "Is the consequence serious?" ”

"Several prisoners and one prison guard were seriously injured, and it was Gerald, who was in charge of the confinement cell."

"How could he run to suppress the riot?" Norton waved his hand: "Forget it, count it according to his work-related injury, and then settle accounts with him after the dereliction of duty." ”

"Anything else?"

"Uh......" The prison guard hesitated, "Warden, we don't know what to do with that Asian yet." ”

Norton frowned dissatisfied, "Isn't it over according to the rules and regulations of the prison?" This kind of thing is also coming to me? ”

"But that Asian is the one who wounded Captain Hadley." The prison guard was a little embarrassed: "You know, Captain Hadley said-"

"I remember." Norton was stunned for a moment, remembering the newcomer who had injured Hadley: "Then leave it to Hadley to deal with." ”

"It's also my job as a warden, to smooth the hearts of my subordinates."

"Anything else?"

It seemed that the warden was not in the mood to know more about it, and the guard closed his mouth in amusement, saluted and left the office.

Norton's expression soothed.

"Heh, these prison guards are really getting more and more ignorant."

"A little prisoner deserves to report to me so solemnly?"