Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Except for the big wizard who was worrying about the contents of the tin box and the pale young wizard, everyone else was looking at Ivan and Sirius curiously.

"Floor [-], Department of Magical Sports and Sports, including the headquarters of the British and Irish Quidditch League, the official Gobstone Club, and the Patent Office for Funny Products." The indifferent female voice sounded in the elevator.

The elevator door opened, and Ivan glimpsed a messy corridor with posters of various Quidditch teams stuck on the walls.

"In a few months, England will host the Quidditch World Cup Final." Mr. Weasley said happily. "If you two are interested, you can go with us. I got more than ten tickets, which is Extra privileges in the Ministry, of course, you can also call Harry and Hermione, and others."

"Thank you, Arthur!" Sirius said in a low voice, "Ivan and I are going on a long trip with Dumbledore. If we have time, we will go. I am not here during this period, I would like to ask you to take care of me Take a look at Harry, you know..."

He stopped suddenly, and glanced warily at the few wizards who were standing by and eavesdropping on him.

The other party quickly looked away, pretending not to hear anything.

"I see, let's talk in my office!" Mr. Weasley nodded.

The door was closed, and the elevator shook slightly and continued to rise. After a while, the woman's voice announced, "The sixth floor, Department of Magical Transportation, includes the Floo Network Administration, Broomstick Management and Control Bureau, Portkey Office and Apparition Test Center .”

The door of the elevator was opened again. Under Sirius' glaring gaze, the wizard who had just overheard him hurried down, and several paper airplanes swished into the elevator.

Ivan looked up and watched them flying slowly around his head. Their color was a light purple, and the stamp of "Ministry of Magic" was stamped on the side of the wing.

"It was a note for passing messages between departments," Mr. Weasley explained. "Owls used to be used, and the mess was unbelievable. There was shit all over the desk and on the floor."

"Yeah, in the end it's up to us to take care of these owls, to feed them, to treat them, to clean them!" the pale young wizard complained again, "Think about it, thousands of owls, but all There are only five people who can be sent out, all young wizards like me who have just graduated, very heavy manual work, that is another nightmare. Thank God, I finally don't care about those damn owls now!"

"Okay, Angus, don't keep saying such spoiling things in front of the children!" Mr. Weasley said dissatisfiedly, "Say something pleasant."

"I don't see anything to be happy about, and I'll have this cat-dog mix waiting to be dealt with later." Angus muttered softly, "That's the job of the Department of Magical Creatures, all the trouble..."

He stopped immediately, and the elevator door was opened again.

"The fifth floor, the Department of International Magic Cooperation, includes the International Magic Trade Standards Association, the International Magic Law Office and the British seat of the International Federation of Magicians."

Mr. Barty Crouch stood at the elevator entrance with a serious face and no smile at all.

He was wearing the neatest wizard robe that Ivan had seen today, his gray hair was combed in an uncluttered manner, and he looked stern, with an extremely dignified majesty.

Seeing him, Anguston was speechless with fright.

He hastily shut his mouth and swallowed the second half of his complaint abruptly.

"Good morning, Barty!" Mr. Weasley greeted cheerfully.

But the other party ignored him. Mr. Crouch glanced at Ivan, and then stared at Sirius closely, without the slightest expression on his face.

Sirius was also looking back at him, his eyes full of hostility.

They seemed to be preparing for a duel, and the oppressive atmosphere spread in the elevator.

Aiwen knew that the other party, as the director of the Department of Magic Execution, imprisoned Sirius in Azkaban without a trial, and the hatred between the two sides was forged at that time.

Mr. Crouch did not come in in the end, and the elevator rattled up again.

There was silence save for the sound of notes flying around the lamp hanging from the elevator ceiling.

"It's scary, isn't it?" Angus lowered his head and whispered, "Mr. Crouch is a powerful figure in the ministry. I heard that even the minister is afraid of him..."

As we all know, when Voldemort led the Death Eaters to rampage, Barty Crouch won the trust of ordinary people because he publicly advocated the use of tough measures to fight back.

Its popularity has never been better, and it is considered to be the most popular candidate for the next Minister of Magic.

But after the war, everyone suddenly discovered that his son, Barty Crouch Jr., was also a Death Eater, and he finally put him in a wizard prison with his own hands.

However, after the incident was exposed, his popularity still plummeted, and everyone thought his actions were too cruel and ruthless.

He was finally transferred to the Department of International Magic Exchange and Cooperation, and Cornelius Fudge, who had a more gentle image, successfully became the minister.

This is something that everyone knows, and Ivan also knows some secrets that are not known.

Later, the other party entered Azkaban at the plea of ​​his wife, and used compound decoction to make his seriously ill wife exchange identities with Barty Crouch Jr. to die instead.

Then, he used a curse to control his Death Eater son and kept him at home for many years, even using the Oblivion Curse on the men who discovered the truth.

However, he was eventually killed by his crazy son a few months later.

Thinking of that little Barty Crouch, Ivan had a headache. Today's meeting made him suddenly realize that he should take some action.

Now that the future has been completely changed, there is no need to keep Barty Crouch Jr.

There should be an opportunity to remind others to pay attention to what is going on in Mr. Crouch's house.

Chapter 377 Mr. Weasley's Office

The indifferent female voice sounded again, "Fourth Floor, Department of Management and Control of Magical Beasts, including Beasts, Alien and Ghost Office, Fairy Liaison Office, and Pest Advisory Office."

The elevator was opened again, and three notes flew out.

But a few more notes whizzed in and flew around the lamp above their heads, making it flicker.

"Goodbye, little one!"

Angus waved to Ivan, and pointed to the big tin box in front of him that kept making loud noises, "If you are interested, you can come and see us deal with this guy at any time, we will probably dissect it and put Take off the wings and tail, the process will definitely make you not want to eat at noon."

They went out, looking at Sirius' melancholy look, Mr. Weasley seemed to want to comfort him, and Ivan also wanted to talk about Barty Crouch.

But there are still four wizards in the elevator, and everyone can only restrain themselves.

No one spoke, only the rattle of the elevator.

"The third tier, the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, contains the Reversal of Incidents Team, Amnestics Command and the Muggle Conciliation Committee."

At this floor, almost everyone went out, leaving only Mr. Weasley, Sirius, Ivan and a witch in the elevator.

The witch was reading a piece of parchment that was so long that it dragged all the way to the floor. She didn't even lift her head, and she didn't have the energy and time to look around.

Aiwen wondered if she had missed the floor, the elevator shook slightly and went up again, and the remaining few notes continued to circle around the lights.

Then, the door opened.

The voice announced, "Second level, Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Contains the Department of Improper Misuse of Magic, Auror Command, and the Wizengamot Governing Body."

"Here we are!" said Mr. Weasley, and they all walked out.

They were standing in a deserted corridor with doors on either side.

It was dark outside the window, a hurricane was blowing, and it was raining torrentially.

Ai Wen walked to the window and was surprised to see a wooden house just blown by the wind in front of him.

"These are enchanted windows, and Magic Maintenance decides what the weather is like every day. They want to raise wages, so this damn hurricane has been blowing for more than a month!" Mr. Weasley explained, "Except for these few days , mostly sunny."

This magic is very wonderful, Ivan felt the slight fluctuation of magic power above.

If the spell is known, it may be used to create a small illusion to confuse the enemy, which is very valuable in actual combat.

He studied for a while, then woke up suddenly, now is not the time to study magic, he must find a way to tell about Barty Crouch Jr.

Mr. Weasley also seemed to want to talk. He carefully looked around, and after confirming that there was no one there, he lowered his voice and said to Sirius, "I need to talk to you. Why are you here at the Ministry of Magic today? Yes, you just asked me to take care of Harry during the summer vacation, what is going on?"

"Because I have been cursed by Voldemort, Dumbledore and Sirius will find a way to help me break it during the upcoming summer vacation!" Ivan explained.

"What?!" cried Mr. Weasley, startled.

Then he noticed that his voice was really loud, thankfully no one else was around.

Near here is the Auror office, and those Aurors have all been sent out at this time.

Ivan and Sirius briefly recounted what happened last night, and Mr. Weasley had an unbelievable look on his face, full of worry.

"Curse of Voldemort!" He looked at the blue-black round snake ring in Ivan's hand, "With Dumbledore here, there should be no problem."

There was not much confidence in his voice, and he didn't have much expectation that Aiwen could break the curse.

Although Dumbledore is powerful, Voldemort's notoriety and power are too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Don't worry, I will take care of Harry!" He sighed and said, "You can break the curse at ease. When the World Cup starts, if you haven't come back, I will personally go to that Muggle family to pick him up. Come home."

Sirius thanked the other party, and to be honest, Harry was the one he was most worried about.

He originally planned to spend more time with Harry this summer and take a trip.

Dropped by the Dursleys to warn them not to be bullying Harry, but it was all in vain now.

But helping Aiwen break the curse is obviously more urgent and more important.

"Let's go in, don't stand here stupidly, Ivan still has to write a letter to his parents." Sirius said, "Dumbledore may come back at any time."

"Wait a minute, the wizard we just saw on the floor of the Department of International Magic Cooperation." Ivan said hurriedly, "I think..."

"You mean Barty Crouch?!" There was a sneer at the corner of Sirius's mouth, "Of course he won't go up the elevator, he doesn't bother to have anything to do with people like me, even in a space alone. I Thinking that my acquittal must have had a great impact on him in public opinion, he should hate me to death now."

"Okay, don't take it personally, Sirius!" Mr. Weasley patted him on the shoulder, "You know, old Barty has always been like this..."

"Of course I know, in a sense, he is a great wizard." Sirius said, "Of course, the desire for power is also very strong."

"That's right, I don't have a good impression of him, I think..." Ivan said, not knowing how to tell the information he knew.

"No one will have a good impression of this guy, but it is undeniable that he is Voldemort's staunchest opponent." A strange look appeared on Sirius' face, and he looked at Ivan with complicated eyes, "Barty Crow Qi always publicly stated that he is against the black arts, but many people who are against the black arts... oh, you won't understand, too many things happened back then, although you were very smart, you were still too young... "

"If you mean that he convicted you without a trial, and he sent his son to Azkaban with his own hands." Aiwen squinted his eyes and said, "In fact, I have carefully investigated Crowe. Mr. Qi, you may know more than you think."

"Ivan, you said you were investigating Batty?!" Mr. Weasley looked a little nervous.

"I can't hide anything from you, I know it!" A helpless smile flashed across Sirius' thin face, and he didn't seem to be surprised, "He sent me to Az without a public trial. Caban, I don't blame him for this incident, although I can't say how happy it was, but I really needed a place to redeem my sins. In a sense, he was helping me!"

Sirius narrated what happened that year in a nonchalant tone, without any emotion in his voice, as if this incident had nothing to do with him.

Chapter 378 The Shocking Truth

In the empty corridor, the conversation continued.

"I don't blame him, but some of Barty Crouch's practices and ideas on other things are definitely beyond your imagination!" Sirius lowered his voice and said with a serious expression, "Ivan, I don't know your How much do you know and what you want to do, but you have to know that Crouch is a cruel and ruthless person, even more vicious than his opponents, those Death Eaters who use black magic. He advocates using violence to deal with Violence, allowing the use of unforgivable spells on suspects."

"Yeah, that's got him a lot of support!" said Mr. Weasley uneasily, looking around to make sure no one was eavesdropping on their conversation. "Back in the day, most people thought he was right Yes, many wizards are clamoring for him to be the Minister of Magic, and his own prestige has already far surpassed the others in the Ministry. After Voldemort disappeared, it seems that it is only a matter of time before he becomes the number one!"

"But the irony is..." Sirius showed a grim smile, "At that moment, Crouch's own son was captured, and he and a group of death eaters who escaped from Azkaban with rhetoric gangsters. It looks like they're looking for Voldemort, trying to bring him back."

The smile on his face didn't fade away, he stared at the heavy oak door not far away, above which hung a sign crookedly: Auror Command.

"You should know what happened next!" Sirius continued, "As you can imagine, this incident is really a big blow to that old guy. He should spend more time with his family , don’t you? Should leave work early every now and then to get to know your son better.”

"That's right!" Evan nodded.

Not just Crouch, everyone should know more about Barty Crouch Jr.

Mr. Weasley and Sirius would be amazed if they found out what he really was and what his status was among the Death Eaters.

"I saw that boy, a coward who only knew how to cry, and he looked so weak." Sirius recalled, "I was there when he was imprisoned in Azkaban, and he was next to my cell. .I remember him crying every day. The boy was with Death Eaters when he was arrested, and I can bet that poor guy just shouldn't be in that place at that time!"

"Maybe he is not as simple as you imagined?" Aiwen said cautiously, "My investigation results showed some very interesting information. They were imprisoned in Azka for using the Cruciatus Curse to torture the Longbottoms. Class, I ask Professor Lupine to help me contact the witnesses of the incident that year..."

Mr. Weasley and Sirius were obviously very surprised that Ivan knew so much.

"All in all, Barty Crouch Jr. is not simple." Ivan concluded, repeating the information he had received.

"Maybe, but what's the point?!"

Sirius said impatiently, "I saw the dementors bring him in with my own eyes. I watched them through the iron bars of the cell door. He was only 19 years old at most, and they threw him into the cell next to me." A prison cell. In the evening, he screamed at his mother. But after a few days, he was silent, and they were all silent in the end, and in that ghost place, everyone will become like this, only once in a while Screaming in sleep..."

"Everyone knows that after a year in that place, he died and paid for his crimes!" said Mr. Weasley hurriedly, "Well, can we not stand here and talk about this matter."

"That's right, what you need to do now is write a letter to your parents!" Sirius put his arm around Ivan's shoulder, "Maybe, you should also write a letter to Remus."

"Come on, what do you want to drink, I have..."

"Wait a minute, this matter is not over yet!" Ivan hurriedly raised his voice and said loudly, "Barty Crouch Jr. may not be dead!"

Mr. Weasley and Sirius all stopped, staring closely at Ivan with a serious expression, with a funny expression on his face that wanted to laugh but forcibly held back.

"He must have died, right in front of me, I witnessed his death." Sirius said painfully, "Since you want to know, then I will tell you. He is not the only one who died. There, everyone Most went mad, and many ended up on a hunger strike."

Sirius looked into Ivan's eyes, and his hoarse voice was slowly narrating the past.

"They lose the will to live, and you can tell when a person dies, because the dementors can feel it, and they get excited every now and then," said Sirius. "The boy was sick when he came." Crooked, Crouch is an important official of the Ministry of Magic. He and his wife were allowed to see their dying son. He half-armed and half-supported his wife, and walked past my cell. It seems that his wife died soon , overwhelmed with grief. Emaciated and died like the boy. Crouch didn't come to claim his son's body, the dementors buried him outside the fort, and I watched them do it."

Ivan wanted to speak, but Sirius stopped him.

"Think about it carefully, isn't it very sad!" A cruel smile appeared on his face, "Just when poor Crouch thought he was done, he lost everything. He was a hero just now, confidently To become Minister for Magic... in the blink of an eye, the son is dead, the wife is dead, the family's reputation is tarnished, and its prestige in the eyes of the public has plummeted."

"I remember the newspapers at the time, it was all about it," added Mr Weasley, "after the boy died, people started to sympathize with his son more, and asked why a man from a good family The child will go on such an evil path? The conclusion is that his father never cared much about him, and in this way, Cornelius Fudge took the top spot, and old Barty was transferred to the International Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic manage."

"How, after knowing this, what do you still have to question?" Sirius asked Ivan, "I don't know how much information you have, but Barty Crouch Jr. will definitely die."

"No, this is not the whole story, Barty Crouch may have brought his son out of Azkaban!" Ivan panted, and decided to tell the matter directly, "According to Barty Crouch Crouch's character and behavior style, we can infer..."