Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

While having dinner in the cafeteria, Zhang Xu felt that he was being watched

He raised his head and looked around, only to find that Harry and the others were staring at him.

Zhang Xu could read the meaning of "you tricked me" from their eyes.

At first, Harry and George thought it was Zhang Xu who released the water for them, and found a not-so-difficult task for them to pass the confinement.

It was only when they saw Glop that they realized how badly they had been tricked by Professor Zhang.

But Harry and George couldn't refuse this task, and even their family and friends were dragged into the water by none left.

And even if the confinement period is over, if this matter is not resolved, they can't let it go, after all, they are all Hagrid's friends.

They finally understood what Zhang Xu meant when he said at the beginning that they are the best candidates to solve this matter.

The few people who were trapped had no way to resist, so they could only continue Sagitar in the pit.

And they had another thing to do, which was to help Hagrid prepare for his lessons.

Percy even dealt with Snape, who knew what he would do to Hagrid.

Time passed day by day, except for the various news that happened every day, life at Hogwarts remained the same as usual.

First came the news from Snape that Voldemort led a group of Death Eaters and finally got rid of the bugs in his blood.

Voldemort finally figured out the growth rules of Gu insects through a microscope, and then seized the opportunity to kill the insects in one go.

But this also caused Voldemort's vitality to be seriously injured, and it is difficult to make any big moves recently.

After hearing the news, Zhang Xu didn't plan any big surprises, as long as he could hurt Voldemort a little, he just slowed down his pace.

Of course, classmate Harry Potter was boiled again, but this time Madam Pomfrey had experience and the potion prepared by Dumbledore, so she dealt with him without any risk.

Most of the other gossip was about Percy's latest actions.

"The maze is closed." Anthony Goldstein said to Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu, who was doing homework with everyone in the common room, was a little surprised when he heard the news. After all, the labyrinth of the Triwizard Tournament was left behind at his suggestion, and he didn't get any news about it being closed.

"How do you say it's closed?" Zhang Xu asked strangely, "I didn't hear any rumors before."

"Professor Weasley ordered the closure." Anthony said, "The reason is that it is winter, and some magical animals from tropical areas in the maze are not suitable for winter activities, and these magical animals also need to take a vacation."

Zhang Xu was speechless for a while, although he knew that the purpose of the Ministry of Magic was to weaken the "armed force" of Hogwarts. Closing the maze for students to fight monsters and upgrade was Percy's first step, but Percy's excuse was enough. Yes, it makes sense to those who don't know the truth.

Sphinxes come from the tropical deserts of Africa and Egypt, so it is obviously inappropriate for them to work under the heavy snow in the UK.

It's just that Percy didn't say when the maze would reopen. After hearing his reasons for closing the maze, the students would only subconsciously think that it would reopen after winter.

Zhang Xu dared to bet that Percy wouldn't reopen the maze even in summer.

After Zhang Xu said "hmm", he didn't continue to say anything. After listening to some gossip about the relationship between men and women in the academy, he heard another piece of news about Percy.

"Professor Weasley can be seen in the recent Protection of Magical Beasts class." Michael Corner said, "Professor Weasley asked many students about Professor Hagrid."

"How is Professor Hagrid's performance recently?" Zhang Xu asked.

"It's the same as before, it sucks," said Teri Boot, who, like Michael Kona, took Care of Fantastic Beasts.

"He took us to the Forbidden Forest to see an animal we couldn't see," Michael said.

"What's the name of that animal?" Terry thought for a while and said, "Yeqi thestrals, yes, they are called thestrals. They can only be seen by people who have witnessed death. Since they ate the cow It can be seen from the situation that it is not an easy animal to live with."

"Thestrals are the pack animals that drive us from the train station to the gates of Hogwarts Castle every year."

Zhang Xu said, "Don't mess with them, they won't hurt you."

"How do the students rate Professor Hagrid?" Zhang Xu asked again.

"Not very good," Anthony said, "I didn't give a high evaluation. I told Professor Weasley that the magical animals that Professor Hagrid has taught us all the time are too dangerous."

"Me too," Terry said, "In the past few years, we have always been worried about Professor Hagrid's class. I'm afraid that he will enter the school infirmary just like Malfoy two years ago."

"I told Professor Weasley that I would prefer Professor Graplan to replace Professor Hagrid as Professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures," said Michael, "and I also said that Professor Graplan had far more interesting classes than Professor Hagrid." Too much, and I hope Professor Graplan can take over Professor Hagrid's job."

"Is this the common thinking of everyone?" Zhang Xu asked.

"Yes." Anthony replied, "Not only us, but even some students in Gryffindor think so."

Then Michael and Terry also said that from the information obtained from other colleges, almost all the students who took this course thought the same way.

After a while, Zhang Xu could only sigh and said: "It seems that I will lose a colleague."

Anthony and the others nodded after hearing this, and they were not surprised by this result.

This is where Percy is smarter than Umbridge. He won the support of most people before doing it, instead of going head-to-head alone.

Percy's character and skill are also destined that he will not lead a group of Aurors to drive Hagrid away by force like Umbridge in the end. Percy still knows the truth of being a human being, at least Hagrid can still Keep your previous job.

Zhang Xu didn't have to worry that Professor McGonagall would be injured by the Aurors when they stopped them.

Zhang Xu could imagine how painful Dumbledore's head must be now. If the Ministry of Magic did not find a way to break the situation, after opening a breakthrough, the Ministry of Magic would definitely use this breakthrough to attack aggressively.

Tomorrow is the first weekend in December, this weekend is the long-lost Hogsmeade week, and soon the Christmas holiday will come.

Several classmates began to talk about their programs during the Christmas break.

At this moment, there was an exclamation in the common room.

Zhang Xu and the others turned their heads and found that the exclamation came from the bulletin board in the lounge.

More and more students flocked to the bulletin board, and Zhang Xu and the others followed to see what was going on.

After Zhang Xu walked over, he found that the new item on the bulletin board was the review result about Hagrid.

"Announcement: Professor Rubeus Hagrid of the Protection of Magical Creatures class has failed the performance assessment, professor qualifications and on-site teaching review. Rubeus Hagrid is hereby relieved of his position as professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures class.

The above regulations comply with No.20 No. [-] Education Order.

Signed: Senior Inquisitor Percy Ignatius Weasley"

In front of the bulletin board, the students of the Eagle Academy were talking about it.Unlike Zhang Xu and Snape's review results which took a long time last time, this time Percy cut through the mess quickly. He was still doing the on-site teaching review in the morning, and the results came out in the evening.

Moreover, the treatment of Hagrid this time was not like Snape's second round of on-site teaching review in a few months, it was directly dismissed, and there was no room for negotiation.

This is the first time that Percy dismissed a Hogwarts professor, but there is no guarantee that there will be a second or third professor who will be dismissed.

Soon, the second announcement appeared on the bulletin board out of thin air.

"Announcement: From now on, Professor Wilmina Graplan will be the professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures class.

Signed: Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft and Wizardry, Sorcerer [-]st in the Order of Merlin"

The appearance of two consecutive announcements made the students' discussions even louder.

Facing Percy's attack, Dumbledore responded very quickly.

Zhang Xu always believed that Dumbledore had actually found a spare tire for every professor, and even prepared a jack for replacing the spare tire, so he could put the spare tire on it before the Ministry of Magic deployed manpower.

After Zhang Xu looked at the bulletin board for a while, he returned to his dormitory, took out the Marauder's Map that he had occupied for several years, and saw that Harry's trio had just left the hall and were heading towards Hagrid's hut .