The anxious General Espinas hurried to the Paris police station.

He had just fallen asleep when he was forcibly woken up, and then received the bad news.

Three newspapers in Paris were burned down at the same time, suspected of being deliberately set on fire, and at this time, the entire Paris police department personnel were mobilized to strengthen patrols. When Espinas heard the bad news, he put on his clothes and ran out of the door in a panic, if arson was a signal for the revolutionary party to start a riot, he, the chief of the Paris police department, was waiting for the head to fall to the ground.

He was relieved when he came to the police station to find out what was going on. It wasn't a riot, it was just a deliberate arson, and they had summoned all the editors-in-chief of the newspaper to the police station for confession investigation.

When he heard that the burned newspaper offices were the public opinion positions of the Bonaparte government, Espinas's brow could not help but furrow.

Then Director Espinas received a message that two lines of poetry written in paint had been found near the burned newspaper office.

"I hope that one day, the fire in the ground will burn me and this living coffin, and I should have eternal life in fire and blood!"

Even Director Espinas immediately heard that it was Garion who had written a poem satirizing Mérimée.

"What's going on? Hasn't that man been forcibly expelled from Paris for a month during the day today? Is it to take revenge for the humiliation of the Parisian mouthpiece against him, and it is back? Wrong wrong. ”

Director Espinas held his chin and fell into deep thought. Today's ban on the serialization of "1984" has indeed caused a sensation, and if it is said that if a novel is blocked and the newspaper office is burned directly in retaliation, I am afraid that the crimes committed by the news censorship department over the years have been exhausted.

Wait a minute.

Director Espinas's eyes suddenly widened, as if he realized something, and he suddenly clenched his fists, and he hurriedly said to the people at the police station, "Send someone to the press censorship building immediately, and the rest of the people will follow me to Congressman Mérimée's house." ”

"Why?"

Everyone around them was confused, wondering why Director Espinas had suddenly made this decision.

He looked at him with a serious expression, "Since he dared to burn down the newspaper, do you think these people dare not make a move against Congressman Mérimé?" ”

The other policemen finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and Mérimée was the uncle of Empress Eugenie, and if there were three long and two short, they would have waited for the wrath of Napoleon III.

They hurriedly followed Espinas out and hurried as fast as they could to the house of Councilor Merrimée.

Tonight the whole of Paris began to come alive.

Mérimée, who was still writing at his desk, looked up when he heard the noise, and through the window he saw several horse-drawn carriages parked downstairs, and uniformed policemen were constantly getting out of them.

Mérimée suddenly had a sense of foreboding, hurriedly put down his pen, picked up the candlestick on the table, hurriedly put on a coat, and walked in the direction of the stairs.

When he stepped down the last staircase, he saw that the servant had opened the door. Merimé paused for a moment, and then the identity of the other party sounded.

"Is it Director Espinas? Come on in. ”

Director Espinas rushed in desperately and walked towards Congressman Mérimée.

"Is there anything wrong with bringing a bunch of people to me so late?"

"We're here to make sure Mérimée is safe, you didn't encounter anything tonight, did you?"

Mérimée set the candlestick aside, a little upset at the words of Espinas.

He pointed at the other party and said, "What do you mean something?" Is there anyone in Paris who doesn't know that I am the uncle of Empress Eugenie? To dare to go against me is to go against Paris! ”

Mérimée sneered, Garion was the only one who had a holiday with him recently, and now he was expelled from Paris, not to mention that the literati were just a bunch of talkative guys, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

"That's what I said."

Director Espinas paused, and what he said next made Mérimée's face change instantly.

"But you know what? Three newspapers were deliberately set on fire tonight, and all three of them posted articles in support of you, and near the scene, we also found poems left by suspected suspects. ”

Mérimée's Adam's apple rolled and said slowly, "What poetry?" ”

"I hope that one day, the fire in the ground will burn me and this living coffin, and I should have eternal life in fire and blood!"

For a moment, Mérimée clenched his fists, he knew it too well.

The poem, which was originally used by Garion to refute himself, now seems like a terrible curse.

Seeing Mérimée's instantly pale face, Director Espinas also knew that the other party was in chaos, and he said in a serious tone, "If it's really Garion, it's okay to say, at least we have locked the target, but if the other party is just a fanatical revolutionary and book lover, it will be difficult." You know what I mean? ”

Mérimée nodded in fright, the previous article polemic used his authority to ban the rebuttal at most, but this time it directly threatened his own life.

Mérimée was aware from the outset that 1984 was a revolutionary propaganda under the guise of a novel, but he did not expect that those incendiary words had begun to appear as copycats.

"What should I do? Your Excellency Director. ”

The panicked Mérimée grabbed the other party's sleeve and asked in a lost voice, "Will I die?" Executed by the Revolutionary Party? ”

"Don't panic."

Director Espinas asked him to let go of his hand and said calmly, "Now I have sent additional people to protect you, as soon as the other party appears, the police who are ambushed nearby will catch him, don't worry, we won't let you have any trouble." ”

At this time, Mérimé's face was pale, and his forehead was covered with sweat. His hands were shaking nervously.

"But I must say more, Your Excellency Mérimée."

Director Espinas reminded, "Don't openly provoke this man of letters, Garion, who, despite being acquitted in court, still suspect that he has a secret secret with the Revolutionary Party." To deal with a literati, you can use the power of the Ministry of Censorship to ban him. But the revolutionary party is deadly. ”

Mérimée almost collapsed on the ground when he heard that he had become a revolutionary party, completely devoid of his previous haughty posture. He remembered the days of the Revolution, when the thugs who stormed the homes of the aristocracy brutally executed every royalist.

Director Espinas said with trepidation, "I hope you know what you're provoking, they're the ones who dare to hang a nobleman on a street lamp if they don't agree with him." ”

"If you don't want to be hanged, I suggest you make a public apology statement when it's over."