The carriage carrying Garion moved slowly in the direction of the Paris train station. In his second month in Paris, Garion began to pack his bags and leave the bustling, busy streets. In a month's time, he will set foot in the city again, and he will have another bombshell in store for the literary and artistic world.

In the dark carriage, it was unusually silent. They will arrive in a horse-drawn carriage from Gare du Nord before stepping on the train and exploring the sights of France through the extensive rail routes.

Zola grumbled and said, "In the eyes of others, this time it was Mérimée who won." Although it was the court's verdict, in the eyes of ordinary people, it was as if Mérimée had won a big victory, and when the time came, he would definitely proudly advertise that he had squeezed away the unstable factors that had destroyed Paris, and maybe he would take this bloody merit to ask for credit in front of Eugenie's niece. ”

He fought for Garian, obviously framed, but ended up being expelled from Paris for a month.

"So what?"

"Laugh, let the ignorant bureaucrats laugh as they please," said Garion, "for one day the pillars of Maple Dew and Tuileries will break in the wrath of the people." Laugh, let the Bonapartist trample on liberty, and one day they will face the wrath of the French people. ”

"I don't know when the empire will fall, but now we must defend the right to speak freely! I can even imagine how the despicable Mérimée will torture your poor work after you leave Paris. ”

Garian looked at the sharp dome of the central papal district in the distance, like the Tower of Babylon stabbing at the sharp dome. After leaving the Boulevard Saint-Anthony, it shows a flourishing style, and the baroque buildings that rise from the ground proclaim his luxury and pompousness to the world, and also challenge all young people who come here to find their dreams of wealth.

However, what Garion said next made Zola, who was sitting at the other end of the carriage, widen his eyes.

"I didn't plan to finish 1984, I used it as a fuse."

"The fuse? What do you mean? ”

"Literally, arguing openly with Mérimée is not as simple as you might think, and sometimes it even incites the power of the masses. ”

Zola slowly realizes that "1984" is not as simple as he imagined, and Garion has more far-reaching considerations.

"Mérimée and his colleagues will one day pay for their actions, and I believe that day is not far off."

"It started with 1984."

After Garrián left, Baudelaire went to Goncourt's newspaper office and handed the unopened letter to the editor-in-chief, Goncourt, and told him to open the letter if the censorship department took any action against 1984.

Goncourt took the envelope, which was as light as a goose's feather, and looked back and forth, feeling very strange.

A yellow-brown vellum letter, sealed with red fire paint, with the inscription in beautiful handwriting addressed to Lord Goncourt.

"Mérimée is a member of Congress, if he says hello to the censorship, how can Garion resist? Isn't it obedient that all the works have been revoked? Will he be able to turn the tide with a single letter? ”

Goncourt had already learned the horrors of the Second Empire's autocracy in 1858, and although "1984" was widely acclaimed, there was a danger of banning the ball at any time, and with Garion directly attacking Mérimée, Goncourt was ready.

In this regard, he expressed great regret.

"It's a shame that this novel is very well written. However, judging from newspaper sales and surveys, the praise of "Sixth Prison" is almost the same as that of "1984", but the political nature of "1984" is too straightforward. ”

Baudelaire, who sat on the other side, disagreed, emphatically, "It was because of its political nature that 1984 was so well received, and both the Republicans and the Revolutionaries saw it as a literary weapon against dictatorship." ”

"So what? In the end, it wasn't an egg hitting a stone, if it weren't for the fanaticism of his book fans...... Wait a minute? ”

Goncourt patted his head, as if something suddenly came to mind, and asked rhetorically, "So, Garion took the initiative to challenge Mérimée, meaning that he didn't plan to finish the book at all?" ”

As soon as his words fell, the topic was directly interrupted, and at this time, a noisy voice sounded outside. Goncourt and Baudelaire stood up at the same time and walked out of the office, only to see a group of people in his newspaper office.

"What's going on?"

Goncourt was very dissatisfied and said, "Who are you?" ”

"The censorship department."

The person at the head didn't look very old, but he had a domineering attitude from beginning to end, and he asked very unceremoniously, "Who is the person in charge here?" ”

"I am."

Goncourt stepped forward, stood across from him, and said calmly, "I am the head of the newspaper. ”

"Listen up."

The person in charge glanced at him, showed the document issued by the government, and said sharply, "The "1984" published by your newspaper has been reported for disseminating harmful information that incites and subverts the country, and now we order your newspaper to immediately rectify it and remove all the serials from the shelves. In the newspapers that had not yet been issued, all the contents of "1984" were destroyed and re-proofread. All newspapers that have not been sold out will also be recalled, and if you do not cooperate, we will close the Paris Newspaper for a month! ”

One month?

Goncourt and Baudelaire looked at each other, they knew that this was Mérimée's personal vendetta, at this time, the focus of public opinion on Garion slowly faded with the end of the lawsuit, and when the public's eyes were no longer on Garion, the news censorship department dared to attack Garion's novel.

"Okay, we'll start working on it right away."

Although Goncourt wanted to make a hole in the opponent's head directly with a bullet, he still pretended to cooperate and said, "We will finish the content today." ”

"Get it in order as soon as possible!"

The other party said impatiently, "Otherwise, your newspaper will not want to open!" ”

Goncourt asked Baudelaire to stay in the office, and sent off the censorship department with a smile on his handwriting, only to come back with a blue face, he angrily pushed open the office door, and then slammed the door in, and the whole newspaper office could hear Goncourt's silent roar.

Baudelaire got up from the couch and asked with concern, "How's it going?" ”

He clenched his fists and said, "Rectification, seizure." Damn doglegs, all day long knowing about the seizure, one day this group of bastards will be liquidated by the Parisian masses! Sainte-Beuve is an honest villain at best, but Mérimée, the bastard, is an out-and-out hypocrite, who does not compete with you in the open, but secretly kills you! ”

"By the way, didn't Garion leave a letter before? See what's on the letter? ”

Goncourt remembered the letter in his pocket, quickly pulled him out, carefully scraped the paint clean with a sharp knife, and then took out a thin piece of manuscript paper from the envelope.

There's only one statement in it.

Goncourt took the manuscript and read word by word, "Because "1984" was opposed by traditional conservatives such as Mérimée, and was reported and seized by the news censorship department, "1984" will be interrupted indefinitely from this issue onwards, I want to apologize to Mr. Mérimée, you let me know what authority is." Thank you for your continued support. Mr. Goncourt is requested to post this statement in the newspaper and give the reader an explanation. ”

Goncourt angrily threw the manuscript paper on the table, and said angrily, "What kind of remedy is this?" Unknown to raise the flag to Mérimée and surrender? I misread him! ”

Baudelaire picked up Garion's statement, he read it and thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Let's publish this statement in the newspaper according to Garion's request, I don't think it's that simple!" ”