Mérimée, at the instigation of Eugénie, led by the pro-Bonapartist literati, began a counterattack against the liberal republicans. If they do not occupy the high ground of public opinion, the enemy will be eager to try. Based on the Herald, Mérimée began a loud denunciation of Garion, using vicious language to discredit Garien's reputation around the poem "To Monsieur Sainte-Beuve" that humiliated Sainte-Beuve.

"A villain who does not respect the literary world, who uses talent as a weapon to exclude dissent, whose morality is not worthy of his talent, a hypocritical and cunning careerist who tries to bind himself to evil lies, but in the end the truth will expose the lie, the righteous verdict will put an end to evil, his reputation will be ruined, and he will become a clown who everyone laughs at!"

The entire literary world suddenly set off a wave of public opinion scolding war, and the literati who supported Mérimée and the literati who supported Garian quickly stood on two sides. One represents the official authority and the other represents the position of the liberal literati.

Baudelaire, after reading the newspaper, even denounced Mérimée as a shameless person! Just as he did with his cynicism about the exile of the republican literati!

This time he will personally participate in this verdict that will affect public opinion in Paris, and he will witness this verdict of justice and evil with his own eyes!

"Freedom will triumph over dictatorship, and justice will triumph over evil."

Sitting in the carriage, Garion drove slowly in the direction of the courthouse, and as he approached his destination, the crowd outside the carriage began to bustle and become noisy.

When the car door opened, he was surprised to find that the reporters and his supporters had gathered in front of the courthouse, and they did not expect this incident to become a sensation

The reporter tried to break through the layers of police protection, and held up a small notebook in his hand, trying to write down what he said.

"Mr. Garion, I heard that you are a revolutionary poet, so do you really have a relationship with the revolutionary party? Are "Generation", "Answer" and "Afternoon of the Faun" all from you? ”

"Mr. Garrian, is it true that I heard that you helped Blanqui, a revolutionary, escape sanctions?"

"What do you think of your 'Refutation of Monsieur Sainte-Beuve'? And Congressman Mérimée reprimanded you for being nothing more than a clown who was making a noise? A shameless literati who corrupts morality? ”

The reporters around him buzzed in his ears like flies, and the police kept pushing away the crowd before he could move on.

When he heard what Mérimée and Sainte-Beuve said, Garion stopped, and he said to the newspaper reporters with a serious expression, "I have been in the Central Prison during this time, and I still don't know what is happening outside, and I don't know what vicious language they used to suppress me, but I don't regret it, because I firmly believe in ......."

The reporters waited silently for him to continue.

"My heart and my deeds are as clear as a mirror."

The court's semi-elliptical dome is raised by thick stone pillars, like a door to judgment, and the scales behind it are waiting for him to step forward and accept the final verdict.

Garion has a clear conscience and is fearless.

"Everything is done for justice."

Leaving this sentence, he no longer paid attention to the reporters who were still clamoring behind him, but walked straight towards the steps of the court, step by step.

The door to the courtroom is opened, and Garion is grabbed by the police and walks to the interrogation table. He looked at the auditorium, where Baudelaire and Mérimée appeared at the same time, one hoping that he would be acquitted, and the other gloating, hoping that he would be expelled from France forever.

Garion sat down in the defendant's seat, and Pinar, dressed in judicial robes, dropped his hammer in silence. He looked at the auditorium and was surprised to find that nearly half of them were celebrities and republicans.

I really don't know what the origin of the young man in front of him is, but he can let a group of celebrities come to listen in person, and even alarm Prince Jérôme,

Garion's defense lawyer is Gan Bida, and in the case of seemingly conclusive evidence, he still argues with reason, preemptively saying, "The defendant is only traveling to save lives, and he does not know the identity of the other party, so the crime of fornicating with the Revolutionary Party is not established at all, but the police broke into the mansion and arrested him without evidence, I think they have violated the law!" ”

"Your Excellency, the police did not post a wanted notice at that time, and no one knew what Blanqui looked like, and it was ridiculous to rely on the words of others to prove that the protagonist had fornicated with the Revolutionary Party."

After Gambita's impassioned remarks, Pinar simply said slowly, "Witness." ”

Then he saw Dr. Miral brought to the witness's seat, and he was asked by the judge to put his hand on the Bible and take an oath to vouch for his character and conscience, to faithfully discharge the duty of testimony under the law, to tell the truth and to conceal nothing. If the oath is violated, he is willing to accept the punishment of the law and the condemnation of morality.

Dr. Miral glanced at the Bible, but instead of putting it on and taking an oath, he said bluntly, "I don't need to take an oath, I speak with my conscience." ”

Gambida stood up and asked Dr. Miral in front of him, "Dr. Miral, did you know the background of this man when the operation took place that night?" ”

Dr. Miral shook his head very neatly, "I don't know, I just accept the commission of others and make a little money by taking on an operation in private." I didn't know who the person was being treated, and I didn't ask much. ”

Gan Bida smiled slightly and said, "In other words, you don't know the relationship between the defendant and the man on the operating table?" ”

Dr. Miral glanced at his wife in the gallery, and the other party clenched his fists, and she did everything she could to get Dr. Miral to admit that fact so that she could get the bounty on offer.

Dr. Miral, however, took a deep breath, and he recalled the scenes of the revolution and the poems that Zola had handed him. Although the revolutionary blood has long since evaporated, his conscience is still there.

He was reluctant to testify that a young man who was fighting for the future of the republic would be imprisoned or deported from abroad.

Dr. Miral pondered for a moment, then looked up resolutely and said, "I don't know. ”

After a pause, he added, "And saving lives and helping the wounded is originally a doctor's duty, and it is also human nature." Even if it's a stranger, when you see a wounded man, will you refuse to come to the rescue? ”

As soon as these words came out, Gan Bida smiled and looked at the prosecution lawyer, who was pale and froze in place, almost shaking off the documents in his hand.

This sentence is obviously more detailed than the previous testimony.

However, in Gan Bida's eyes, these details are weapons of counterattack.

Steady.