Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

Vacation time is always short.Lu Xun

I never said that to Lu Xun

Three days before the end of the holiday, Zhang Xu took the local products Furong bought for his family and got on the plane to Paris.

The day before he was about to return to Hogwarts, when he was about to play with Gabriel after lunch, a phone call from Dumbledore made Zhang Xu feel like he was in no mood to play with his sister-in-law.

After the Hogwarts accident, Dumbledore found Dobby, and then Dobby took Lao Deng to Zhang Xu's villa in Hogsmeade, and called Zhang Xu with the mobile phone Zhang Xu put there.

Think about the picture of Lao Deng holding the manual in one hand and pressing the phone in the other, it is quite beautiful.

Hogwarts was attacked by Death Eaters in the early hours of this morning, and Barty Crouch Jr., who had been locked in the secret room by Dumbledore, was rescued by the Death Eaters.

If Peeves hadn't spotted the retreating Death Eaters when he was preparing to prank in the hallway, Dumbledore might have been kept in the dark for a long time.

But from Lao Deng's tone, it seemed that the problem was not too serious. He just let Zhang Xu know about it, and there was no need to rush back.

This action that did not conform to Voldemort's previous style made Zhang Xu vigilant.

It can be seen that Voldemort and the Death Eaters are making changes, and the previous routines will no longer apply.

Perhaps in the days to come, Voldemort and the Death Eaters will make more shocking actions.

After Gabriel in his arms pinched Zhang Xu's face a few times, Zhang Xu realized that he was supposed to be holding Gabriel to read to her, but because he was thinking about something, he had been frozen there for a long time.

Zhang Xu reluctantly hugged Gabriel to the side and put her away. My sister-in-law is getting old, so she can't hug her casually in the future.

After bidding farewell to the reluctant Gabriel, Zhang Xu rushed back to Hogwarts immediately.

"Professor Dumbledore, what's the situation this morning?" Zhang Xu, who came to the principal's office for the first time, asked as soon as he sat down at the desk.

"It's Winky." Dumbledore said in a deep voice, "I've been trying to avoid Winky knowing about little Barty, but I accidentally let her know."

"The house-elves at Hogwarts have been bringing food to Barty Jr. Barty Jr. quietly carved his initials on a plate with a broken piece of china cup, and was later discovered by Winky who was cleaning the plate .”

"Winky then found the Chamber of Secrets while the other house-elves were delivering meals to Barty Jr."

"After seeing Winky, Barty Jr. asked her to inform the other Death Eaters."

"And in the early hours of this morning, the Death Eaters rescued Little Barty, and they were discovered by Peeves in the hallway."

"I later found Winky fainted in the Chamber of Secrets."

Just as Zhang Xu wanted to ask Dumbledore why he didn't make a move, Dumbledore handed him a newspaper and said, "Another major event happened last night, so I wasn't at Hogwarts at that time."

Zhang Xu took the newspaper, which is today's Daily Prophet.

The near side of the front page featured photos of dozens of wizards.

The news below the photo reported that there was a large-scale jailbreak in Azkaban last night, and a large number of Death Eaters and dark wizards escaped from Azkaban.

"It seems that the team of Death Eaters is about to grow." Zhang Xu said while looking at the newspaper.

Dumbledore, sitting across the desk, nodded.

In this way, Zhang Xu basically smoothed out what happened yesterday.

First, there was a large-scale prison break in Azkaban, and Dumbledore, who received the news, left Hogwarts to participate in handling the matter.

Then a team of Death Eaters attacked Hogwarts while Dumbledore was away and rescued Barty Crouch Jr.

"It seems that our previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor didn't escape with him." Zhang Xu noticed that Umbridge was not on the escape list.

After reading the first edition, Zhang Xu turned to the second edition.

The second edition begins with a photo, taken of Azkaban from a distance, in which the Dark Mark skull can be seen flying over Azkaban.

Newspaper reports have both views.

The Ministry of Magic said that a group of Death Eater remnants had organized the escape, and the Ministry of Magic's Aurors would soon be able to arrest the fugitives.

And some reports have suggested that the mysterious man may really be back, and that the dementors have fallen to the mysterious man.

"Fuji's life is hard." Zhang Xu said after reading the newspaper.

Azkaban's escape from prison is not what Zhang Xu is concerned about now, what he is most concerned about is the Death Eaters attacking Hogwarts.

He didn't want to be touched on the bedside by Death Eaters one day when he was sleeping.

"How did the Death Eaters sneak into Hogwarts, Professor?" Zhang Xu asked curiously.

Although Hogwarts' defensive magic looks good, there are still many loopholes.

Not to mention all kinds of secret passages. In the "plot", when Mr. Crouch's head is not working well, he can still walk through the Forbidden Forest and touch the edge.

Dumbledore did not answer Zhang Xu's question, but put the Pensieve on the desk, and poured the memory in a brand new vial into it.

 

Under Dumbledore's signal, Zhang Xu plunged into the Pensieve with a face full of face.

What Zhang Xu came to was a dark secret road, and he couldn't see his fingers.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the depths of the secret passage, and after a while, several wizards in black cloaks and hoods walked over with bright wands.

Zhang Xu followed the five wizards along the secret path, and soon came to a collapsed place.

The wizards who were blocked by boulders and mud did not panic, they seemed to have expected this.

Suddenly, Zhang Xu, who was following behind, heard a familiar voice.

"Shenfeng Wuying"

A large stone blocking the way was instantly punched out with a round hole the size of a human head.

Zhang Xu, who walked to the front, saw that Snape had used several magic strikes in a row, and finally cut a round hole through the stone.

After inspecting the cave with the light from his wand, Snape nodded to the wizard behind him.

Then everyone took out a biscuit and ate it, and they all turned into mice.

"Fred and George!" Zhang Xu, who was watching from the side, covered his face and was speechless.

Zhang Xu could pass through obstacles, so he followed the little mice through the boulder.

After fumbling through some dirt, the little mice finally made it through the barrier.

After coming out of the secret passage from the mirror on the fifth floor, Snape led the other Death Eaters straight to the girls' bathroom.

Coming to the dead tap in the bathroom, Snape took out a piece of parchment, and "hissed" according to the content on the note, imitating the pronunciation of Parseltongue.

Soon the passage leading to the secret room was opened, and Snape left two people hiding in the bathroom to guard the back way, and jumped down with the other two.

Use the same method below to open the door of the Chamber of Secrets. After knocking out Winky who was taking care of Barty Crouch Jr., Snape and the others brought Barty Crouch Jr. out.

After completing the rescue mission, a tall Death Eater carried the weak little Barty Crouch on his back, and ran towards the gate of the castle surrounded by other Death Eaters.

Apart from encountering Peeves in the foyer, the Death Eaters made it out of the castle without a hitch.

When Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick arrived, the Death Eaters had already Apparated outside the school gate.

This memory ended here, and Zhang Xu raised his head from the Pensieve with a serious expression on his face.

It was too quiet, except for a few words with Little Barty in the middle, there was no conversation during the whole action.

Moreover, this operation was carried out very cleanly, without any trace of muddy water, passing through the obstacles and entering Hogwarts from the secret passage, and going straight to the girls' washroom through the shortest path, preparing a way to open the secret room in advance, and evacuating quickly after rescuing the target , did not do anything superfluous.

This memory undoubtedly came from Snape, who may have returned to the castle soon to create an alibi or for other reasons.

It's just that Voldemort didn't expect him to tell Dumbledore what happened in this way.

"The Death Eaters were fully prepared before their actions. Their actions were clean and neat, and they may have conducted corresponding drills through other methods." Zhang Xu said to Dumbledore.

"But we also have good news." Dumbledore said, "After this action, Voldemort trusted Severus even more."

Zhang Xu nodded after thinking about it for a while. This time it was considered an exchange. Using a little Barty Crouch, who was becoming less and less effective, in exchange for Voldemort's further trust in Snape, it was not a profit, but it was also worth it. It cannot be considered a loss.

From the fact that Snape led the team in this operation, it can be seen that Voldemort has a little suspicion of Snape.

If the operation was sabotaged by Dumbledore returning, who theoretically shouldn't be at Hogwarts, then there would most likely be an insider among the Death Eaters.

Now, except for a little accident in the last step, the whole operation can be said to be very successful, and it can be written into special operations textbooks.

This largely cleared away the suspicion that Snape was an undercover agent.

As for whether Snape and Dumbledore had a double act in this matter, Voldemort thought it impossible.

"It seems that Voldemort's thinking has changed a lot." Zhang Xu said, "In the previous records, I have never seen him take similar actions."

"Yes," said Dumbledore, "I suspect that Voldemort may not have arranged this operation."

"If this is the case, things will be bad." Zhang Xu frowned and said, "If we change to an opponent we are not familiar with at all, then our actions will be passive."

"Could it be that Voldemort himself came up with such a move?"

"After all, with Voldemort's desire for power, it's hard to believe that he would hand over the Death Eaters to someone else's command."

Dumbledore nodded after thinking for a moment.

"Those secret passages need to be re-arranged for protection, otherwise Death Eaters will use them to sneak into Hogwarts." Dumbledore said.

"Leave the collapsed secret passages to me, and I will set them up as death traps," Zhang Xu said.

"How do you do that?" Dumbledore asked curiously.