Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Besides, he still has five weeks to study the clues of the golden egg, which is a long time...

On Saturday, Alvin, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Colin and Gabriel left the castle together, walked through the cold and damp ground, and walked towards the school gate.

Passing Durmstrang's big ship moored on the lake, they saw Viktor Krum walking from the cabin to the deck, wearing only a pair of swimming trunks. He was indeed very thin, but he looked His physique is still quite strong, I saw him nimbly climbed onto the side of the boat, stretched his arms, and got into the water with a plop.

"Oh my God, what is he doing?!" Colin couldn't help but said, "This is suicide!"

"He's crazy!" Harry looked at Krum's jet-black head floating in the middle of the lake. "It's January, so it must be terribly cold!"

"It's much colder where he came from," said Hermione. "It's pretty warm for him, I suppose."

"Krum's physique is very strong, stronger than most people!" Ron defended him. "The temperature is not a problem. He may have the habit of winter swimming. These difficulties are just trivial to him!"

He has a very good relationship with Krum now, and it is rare for him to be able to say a few words when they meet each other.

Chapter 635 Bagman and the Goblin

"My sister said that she would also go winter swimming in the lake recently!" Gabriel said, looking at Krum who dived into the lake, "It's so strange, she never had this habit before, is there anything in this lake? !"

"Who knows!"

Hearing Gabriel's words, Hermione looked at Krum thoughtfully, feeling caught on to something.

It sounds abnormal that two warriors in a row went to the lake to practice winter swimming.

"You guys said, will the second event be related to the lake water, let the warriors dive into the lake..." she said.

"Absolutely impossible!" Ron said directly, "Unless they are crazy, they will let us go there!"

"It's okay to be cold, but there are giant squids in the lake!"

Ivan helped Hermione persuade a few words, Harry and Ron didn't think about that at all.

They dismissed Hermione's speculation, and everyone's attention was quickly turned elsewhere.

Because I will meet with Sirius in a while, and Sirius will also help Ivan practice Apparition.

Although Aiwen is very reassuring to everyone, this matter itself is illegal, and the fewer people who know about it, the better.

So, when we get to Hogsmeade, the few of them will act separately!

Colin accompanied Gabriel, Ginny, and two other girls to the Honeydukes candy shop. Gabriel had given these candies to her classmates in Beauxbatons as Christmas gifts not long ago, and they were very popular.This time, she was going to buy a lot of candy for them to take back.

As for Ron, he had a lunch date with Lavender, but it wasn't there yet.

There was still more than half an hour before the appointment with Sirius, so Harry proposed to sit down at the Three Broomsticks first.

The tavern was crowded as usual, and the four of them bought a few bottles of butterbeer from Mrs. Rosmerta and found a corner.

"Look, doesn't he ever go to work in the office?" Hermione whispered, pushing Ivan.

She pointed to the mirror behind the bar, and Ivan saw Ludo Bagman reflected in the mirror.

He was sitting in a dark corner with a group of goblins, and was speaking quickly to the goblins in a low voice.

The goblins all folded their arms, looked menacing, and shook their heads from time to time.

Every time the goblins shook their heads, Bagman's expression turned ugly.

"Things seem a little weird!" Harry said, looking at Bagman in the mirror, "Think about it, today is the weekend, and there is no Triwizard Tournament event, no referee, how could he appear here?"

Bagman's expression was tense, and he kept looking around, as if looking for an escape route.

Then, his eyes lit up and saw Ron sitting in the corner.

He leaned closer, whispered something to the goblins, and quietly pointed to Ivan and the four of them.

The goblins looked at Ron silently with sideways black eyes, and then nodded.

"Deal, wait a minute, I'll go have a word with that kid!" Bagman said, smiling again on that baby face.

He stood up and hurried towards Ron.

"Children, I didn't expect to meet you here. It's such a coincidence. How are you doing recently?!" He said, walking up to Ron, "Ron, can I have a few words with you alone? ?”

"Well, of course!" Ron looked at him suspiciously, and followed Bagman to the end of the bar away from Mrs. Rosmerta.

They stayed there for more than a minute, Ron looked a little surprised, and then showed a hint of joy.

Ivan drank a sip of butter beer. It seemed that in order to pay back the money, Bagman must have bet with the goblins again. He put all his chips on Ron, betting that Ron would win the Triwizard Tournament. All his gambling debts were written off.

Bagman is telling Ron about the secret of the golden egg, and Ron accepts his help.

As a referee and the director of the Department of Magical Sports, he actually took the initiative to violate the regulations, cheating and so on is really the tradition of the Triwizard Tournament.

"What are they talking about?" said Hermione, sipping her butterbeer. "Those goblins don't look very friendly?!"

"Probably about the game." Ai Wen said, taking out a densely packed parchment from his pocket.

He didn't care about that, and was going to use the time to go over the gist of Apparition.

"Apparition looks cool, and it's very convenient to use!" Harry said, staring at Ivan's parchment, "I also want Sirius to help me pass the exam, so that I don't have to wait until I am an adult to use this spell. "

"No, Harry!" Hermione looked very shocked, "It's illegal to do this, and it's very dangerous, because there are many people who lose their lives every year because of Apparation failure, and you don't have as much magical power as Ivan, Can fully master this spell..."

"I know, I was just talking!" said Harry.

As Hermione said, the Apparition spell was not something to be joked about.

Failure to use often means the separation of the body and death, so the Ministry of Magic will test this.

Alvin had Apparated many times, but was still a little nervous about using the spell himself for the first time.

The quill in his hand kept writing and drawing on the parchment, marking relevant points.

Apparition is divided into two modes of use, one is used for long-distance rapid movement, and the other is for teleporting to change positions in a duel.

Although the spells are the same, the mana consumption and usage skills are different.

Harry and Hermione leaned their heads over, looking at what Ivan wrote, wanting to know more details.

On the other hand, the conversation between Ron and Bagman was quickly interrupted, because Fred and George just appeared at this time.

The two of them just walked into the tavern when they saw Bagman in front of the bar.

"Hello, Mr. Bagman!" said Fred cheerfully, hurrying over, "may we buy you a drink?"

"Well, no need." Bagman said, and patted Ron on the shoulder, "No, thank you, children..."

Fred and George seemed disappointed in Bagman and were about to say something more to get their money back.

"I've got to get going," he said. "It's good to see you all. Good luck, Ron, and don't forget what I said."

He hurried out of the tavern, and the goblins rose from their chairs and followed him out.

Fred and George hesitated, but followed suit.

"What does he want?" Harry asked, as soon as Ron returned and sat down.

"Nothing!" Ron shook his head, not saying what Bagman told him.

He was hesitating whether to try this method, although it sounded absurd, but he had no other choice!

Chapter 636 Aiwen's Trap

"By the way, why are there so many goblins following him?" Harry asked.

"According to Bagman, they are looking for Crouch and want his help. Crouch is still ill and hasn't been to work!" Ron explained, his thoughts turned back from the golden egg, and he waved disapprovingly. He waved his hand, "In my opinion, Percy may have poisoned him. He probably thought that if Crouch died, he would become the director of the International Department of Magical Cooperation."

Hermione glared at Ron, meaning not to joke about such things.

"It's strange that goblins are looking for Mr. Crouch, they usually deal with the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Beasts."

"Percy said Crouch spoke many languages!" said Harry. "They probably need an interpreter."

"Don't worry about those nasty goblins!" Ron looked at Hermione. "What, you want to start a SPUG or something again? Ugly Goblin Protection Association?"

"Goblins don't need protection!" Hermione said sarcastically, taking another sip of butterbeer. "They're very smart and good at dealing with wizards, and they don't know how to defend their rights like house elves!"

"That's really good!" Ron said, looking strangely at Ivan who didn't participate in their conversation.

He is constantly writing complex magic formulas on the parchment, analyzing the minimum magic power consumed by Apparition.

Ron leaned forward, trying to see what Ivan was writing.

Just then, Rita Skeeter opened the door and walked in.

She's wearing a banana-yellow gown today, her long nails painted a dazzling pink, and she's accompanied by her paunchy photographer.

She went over to buy a drink and walked with the photographer through the crowd to a nearby table.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione all stared at her, and Ivan also raised his head.

Rita Skeeter was talking rapidly, as if satisfied with something.

"He doesn't seem to want to talk to us, does he, Fu Zuo? You say, why is this happening? What is he doing, followed by a large group of goblins? And he said he was taking them for a scenic tour, which is complete nonsense, he is a Veteran liar, is something wrong? Shall we dig a bit more? Former head of the Department of Magical Sports, Ludo Bagman, is discredited. That's a good start, Bozo. We just need to find a suitable one for it. s story……"

"Enough, you want to ruin someone's life again?!" Harry shouted angrily, unable to resist standing up.

The noisy voice in the bar suddenly stopped, and several people turned their faces, wondering what was going on with Harry!

Rita Skeeter's eyes behind jeweled spectacles widened when she saw who was speaking.

"Harry, Harry Potter!" she said, smiling all over her face. "That's great! Why don't you come together..."

"I wouldn't even get close to you on a ten-foot broomstick!" Harry said angrily, "Why did you treat Hagrid like that, he didn't offend you, did you, why did you do that?!"

Rita Skeeter raised her thickly drawn eyebrows with a smug look on her face.

"Our readers have the right to know the truth, Harry, I'm just fulfilling my..."

"You're lying, who cares if he's a half-giant?" Harry cried. "There's nothing abnormal about him!"

Thinking of Hagrid's sad appearance, he felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart, and shouted with the loudest voice.

This time, the whole tavern suddenly became silent.

Madame Rosmerta was watching from behind the bar, pouring mead into a large flagon.

The flagon was overflowing, and she didn't notice it.

Rita Skeeter's smile flickered a little, but she fixed it again in an instant.

She opened the alligator purse and took out her shorthand and notebook.

"Want to tell me what you know about Hagrid, Harry? The humanity behind the sinews? Your inexplicable friendship, and the reasons behind it. Ah, by the way, do you see him as your own?" Father?"

"Enough!" Hermione jumped to her feet, clutching the Butterbeer like it was a hand grenade.

Because of anger, her body was trembling slightly, as if she had never seen such a brazen person.

"You nasty woman!" she said through gritted teeth. "You don't care about anything but attention, and you'll take anyone who can get a story, don't you? Even Ludo Bagman ..."

"Sit down, silly little girl, and don't talk nonsense about things you don't understand." Rita Skeeter said coldly, her eyes became cold and fierce when they fell on Hermione, and she didn't look at Hermione at all. Harry was as friendly as ever, "I know things about Ludo Bagman that will make your hair stand on end, so don't tell me..."

She eyed Hermione's tousled hair disdainfully as the pen swished back and forth across a piece of parchment on the table.

"Okay, Hermione, don't be as knowledgeable as this kind of person, it won't make sense!" Ivan said softly, and put the parchment on the table.

Rita Skeeter squinted at Ivan, as if she had just seen him, and her eyes immediately fell on the thick parchment.

She could clearly see that it was a terrible pattern.

Under the effect of some kind of spell, the soul of a person is being pulled from the parchment, with a painful expression on the face, under this image are complex magic symbols and formulas, and then a scene of a person being burned by fire .

Needless to say, these things are black magic, very evil, terrible black magic!

Even Muggles who have never learned magic can guess what these patterns are when they see these patterns.

Ivan was persuading Hermione to sit down, and then seemed to think of something suddenly, and hurriedly turned the parchment on hand upside down.

That way, as if afraid of being seen, he glanced uneasily at Rita Skeeter.

Seeing Ivan's actions, Rita Skeeter seemed to think of something, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face again.

"Let's go, Bozo!" Rita Skeeter said suddenly, smiling at Ivan and Harry, "Harry, if you want to talk to me about Hagrid, I'm always welcome! It's the same with you, Alvin!"

They just left the tavern without touching the drinks they just bought on the table.

If Aiwen's guess is correct, she will probably come back in another form soon, and figure out what is on the parchment she just exposed.

This is very sensational news, she can't miss it!

That's right, those are all black magic that he has studied, and they are traps specially prepared by Ivan for Rita Skeeter.