Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

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Zhang Xu and Dumbledore sat on the terrace of a coffee shop by the Thames and chatted.

After leaving Emma's house, the two did not go back to Hogwarts. Instead, Zhang Xu invited Lao Deng to have dinner in London, and then chatted in the cafe by the Thames where he had a lively chat with a western reporter last time.

Neither of them talked about Percy's actions at Hogwarts all night, but Dumbledore started with Emma, ​​chatting about the gifted students he had met before.

As a cool autumn evening breeze blew across the patio, the young guests on the other side of the patio tightened their collars as they discussed this month's releases of Braveheart and Madison Bridge.

"Before the International Wizarding Confederation of Secrecy Act was promulgated, the relationship between wizards and Muggles was as close as you." Dumbledore was talking about history with Zhang Xu, "William Wallace once led Scotland to become independent. He asked Hogwarts for help, and although the headmaster of Hogwarts did not agree to his request, there were still many students from Scotland who joined him in Hogwarts."

Just now Dumbledore heard the guests in another seat chatting about brave hearts, and then he told Zhang Xu about the relationship between Hogwarts and William Wallace back then.

"Although with the help of the wizards, William Wallace achieved great success in the early stage, but later King Edward I of England brought his army and wizards who served the royal family to conquer, and finally William Wallace was defeated. gone."

"From then on, the connection between wizards and nobles became closer. Wizards provided medical and military assistance to nobles, and wizards also dealt with gray things for nobles. But this also laid the foundation for the later witch hunting movement. There is a hidden danger."

"By the fifteenth century, as nobles increasingly turned to wizards for help in their struggles, many nobles developed a fear of wizards."

"Finally, the nobles and the church reached a consensus that there should be no wizards in this world, so the witch hunt began."

"With the progress of the witch hunt, especially stimulated by the Salem witch trials in the United States in 1692, the International Federation of Wizards' secrecy came into effect, and since then wizards and ordinary people have been separated in Europe and America. .”

After listening to Dumbledore talk about a history that was not written in the history of magic textbooks, it confirmed some of Zhang Xu's guesses.

Historical development is about cause and effect, and any "effect" has an inevitable "cause".

"I heard that one of Voldemort's propositions is to tear up the secrecy law of the International Federation of Wizards, so that wizards don't have to hide and live in the sun," Zhang Xu asked.

"That's right." Dumbledore said, "Voldemort promised the wizarding family that he would let wizards no longer have to hide, but come out and rule Muggles and their descendants."

"No wonder he agreed to meet me in Hogsmeade on Halloween. It seems that he wants to become an ally with us." Zhang Xu said.

This sentence is the purpose of Zhang Xu asking Dumbledore to come out to talk tonight. Some things are safer to talk about in the Muggle world.

Although Zhang Xu can be sure that Dumbledore has already known from Snape the specific time and place when Voldemort negotiated with Zhang Xu.

But for such a big matter, it is one thing for Dumbledore to know through his own channels, and another thing for Zhang Xu to take the initiative to tell Dumbledore.

After all, no one likes their allies to be sordid.

And Dumbledore can't ask Zhang Xu directly if you are hooking up with Voldemort, and if you want to join hands with Voldemort, this will have no effect except to offend Zhang Xu.

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bsp;So tonight Dumbledore slowly led the topic to Voldemort, and Zhang Xu also took up the topic with Voldemort in a very good way.

"Although his goals seem to be similar to ours, they are actually very different." Zhang Xu continued, "The Muggles of today are not the Muggles of hundreds of years ago, and they cannot be ruled by force. of."

"Moreover, the military power of Muggles is not something wizards can ignore. The electronic products in Hogwarts Castle will be interfered by magic. Conversely, electromagnetics can also interfere with magic."

"Not to mention the economic power of Muggles. Among my classmates at Hogwarts, I have never heard of anyone who farms, raises sheep and herds cattle."

"It would be better for Voldemort to be an idol than to rule Muggles by force."

Except for the last sentence, Dumbledore understood everything Zhang Xu said.

After solving the core problem, Dumbledore shifted the topic to the qualification review of professors.

"What do you think of the evaluation of the professor by the students on Sunday?" This was the second time Dumbledore came to listen to Zhang Xu's opinion on this issue.

"Some ideas in Hogwarts are very dangerous now. Some students are disgusted with what some professors have done for many years. These students hope to drive away the professors they hate in this review." Zhang Xu said, "If the students find that they can get rid of a professor by uniting, the students will unite for their own self-interest, and try to see if they can get more benefits."

"When the self-interests of the students are inconsistent, the students will decompose into various groups and attack each other according to their interests. This is more serious than the division of the four colleges."

"I asked for leave this afternoon because of this matter and I sought a solution from the country."

After Zhang Xu finished speaking, Dumbledore was silent for a while, and then asked: "Then what can you do?"

"Fair, just, open, regular." Zhang Xu said.

"Except for the fact that the final step is decided by the top investigator alone, and the change of the scoring weight is subject to negotiation, in other respects Percy has done his best to be as fair, just, and open as possible. This is an open and aboveboard conspiracy. A little conspiracy."

"And some professors have gone too far. They really need to give them a good beating to correct their bad habits."

"It's best that such an event can be held regularly every few years, so as not to accumulate conflicts between professors and students to a dangerous level."

"As long as an answer that everyone can accept is finally reached and the conflict between the two parties can be eased, this will buy time for a resolution of the conflict."

"Let me raise some issues with Percy. He is not a person who doesn't know the importance."

After Dumbledore said that he would consider it carefully, he took Zhang Xu back to Hogwarts.

Back at Hogwarts, the first thing Zhang Xu did was to deliver desserts to Professor McGonagall's office, thanking her for approving his leave.

Then Zhang Xu came to Scarlet's dormitory. Zhang Xu, who had a password, walked in as usual. When he pushed open the door of the bedroom, "Hey, there is no one, is it in the office?"

Just as Zhang Xu was about to turn around and run away, he was hit by a spell.

On the balcony of the dormitory, Scarlet, who had just come out of the shower, sat on a chair and ate the cheesecake brought by Zhang Xu.

"This cake tastes good." Scarlet said.

"That's for sure. How could I thank my eldest sister with a cake I bought casually? Can you put me down first." Zhang Xu, who was hung upside down outside the balcony railing, said.