Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

After the Marauder's Map was hacked by Zhang Xu, it was not easy for Harry to find someone in the castle.

The trio successively ran to the common room of the Eagle Academy, the professor's office of Muggle Studies, Zhang Xu's professor's dormitory, the kitchen, and the reading room, and finally found Zhang Xu at the top of the Astronomy Tower after a lot of effort.

When Harry's trio saw Zhang Xu, they found him and almost all other Hogwarts professors gathered on the top of the tower.

When Harry's trio came to the top of the tower, they saw the professors chat happily together after opening a few bottles of red wine. They were all immersed in laughter and laughter. Even Snape's complexion was a little better than before.

Not only were the professors not angry when they found the three students who entered in disorder, Professor Sprout even conjured up three chairs and invited them to sit down.

After seeing that their dean, Professor McGonagall, had no objection, the Harry trio sat down on the chairs with a little trepidation.

Zhang Xu poured a glass of red wine for each of the three of them, but they just took a symbolic sip and then sat there not daring to move.

Harry had attended private gatherings of students many times, and they had also attended ghost gatherings, but this was the first time they knew about professors' gatherings.

After listening to the professors chatting for a while, Harry finally knew why the professors got together today.

Today is the first working day of the professors in 1996, and it is also the day to distribute the 1995 year-end awards and other benefits.

And last year, the Triwizard Tournament was successfully held, and Hogwarts students won the championship, so Dumbledore swiped a pen, and the year-end award increased by [-]% compared to previous years.

Although the year-end bonus this time was affected by the performance appraisal, everyone except Snape gained a lot.

Professors who have just received a large sum of money naturally want to celebrate, so there is a party tonight.

When Zhang Xu was pulled from the dormitory by Professor Flitwick, his feelings were similar to those of Harry and the others now.

The professors left after chatting for more than half an hour. Except for Professor McGonagall who told Harry and the others to go back in front of the gate, the other professors didn't pay much attention to their arrival.

Just now Zhang Xu saw Harry and the others keep looking at him, so he knew they were looking for him.

"What's the matter with you?" Zhang Xu asked.

In the beginning, Harry and the others could use their momentum to ask Zhang Xu for clarification, but they first walked around the castle a lot, and then sat with a group of professors for half an hour. Now they are already One bang, then decline, three and exhausted.

After all, this problem is too serious, and the boat of friendship might turn over at any time.

After Harry and the three of them hesitantly raised the question, Zhang Xu couldn't laugh or cry.

In the end, Zhang Xu dispelled their doubts with the excuse that "the salary of the Minister of Magic is only a few dollars".

Looking at the three guys who did too little homework and thought too much, Zhang Xu was a little speechless.

Just when Zhang Xu was about to go back to wash and sleep, Harry stopped him.

"Percy might want to close the Defense Society," said Harry. "Is there anything you can do?"

"It's okay to change the place without letting him know." Zhang Xu said, "There are so many places in Hogwarts, it's not difficult to find another place."

"So where?" Harry asked.

"Think for yourself." Zhang Xu replied.

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There are many things, Harry and the others want to discuss more than one or two things with Zhang Xu.

"Have Death Eaters really infiltrated Hogwarts?" Hermione asked suddenly.

"Yes." Zhang Xu replied.

"How did they get in here?" Ron asked.

"There are many secret passages in Hogwarts, and they entered through one of them." Zhang Xu continued to answer.

"How did the Death Eaters know about the secret passage?" Harry shouted suddenly, "Could it be Snape who brought them in?"

Zhang Xu looked at Harry who habitually threw the blame on Snape in a speechless manner, but this time the blame was actually right.

But Zhang Xu can't tell Harry the truth, otherwise something will happen.

"Death Eaters are also graduates of Hogwarts," Zhang Xu said, "It's not surprising that they know the secret way as you know the secret way."

"Then will Death Eaters sneak into Hogwarts in the future?" Hermione asked worriedly.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out," Zhang Xu said, "but all the protective measures have been re-installed in the secret passages now. If you break in randomly, you will die. So basically you don't have to worry about them running in from the secret passages again."

Dumbledore has already told the professors about the trap that Dumbledore planted in the passable secret passage. It is a magic similar to the age-restricted circle set around the Goblet of Fire when the Triwizard Tournament was registered. Now Hogwarts students It's okay to pass by, but if a wizard who is older than a student enters, even a professor, he will touch the trap in the secret passage.

"And what about the Death Eaters who escaped from Azkaban?" Ron asked.

Zhang Xu really wanted to roll his eyes at this moment, the three of them were now relying on Zhang Xu to obtain internal information.

"You don't need to worry about these, the Ministry of Magic will find a way to deal with them." Zhang Xu said.

Then Zhang Xu looked at Harry and said, "Harry, I remember that you will continue to learn Occlumency with Professor Snape starting tomorrow night. I hope you can study seriously this time. The current Voldemort is different from the past It's the same."

Harry nodded with an ugly expression on his face. Although he said there was no problem, when he really faced Snape, he still resisted in his heart.

Next, Harry and the others seemed to have questions to ask, but Zhang Xu didn't give them a chance to ask any more questions, and waved his hands to tell them to shut up.

Zhang Xu and Dumbledore have played together for so many years in the Harry Potter warrior development plan, and this year can be said to be a year to test the results.

Everything that needs to be said has been said, and everything that needs to be reminded has been reminded. Zhang Xu plans to stop helping Harry Potter from this year, and wants to see how he is growing.

Over the past few years, Zhang Xu has been acting as a babysitter for Harry, explicitly or secretly, to train him up and avoid detours.

Harry Potter will be 16 years old this year, and he can get married as long as his parents agree.It's time for people at this age to start taking responsibility for the decisions they make.

So Zhang Xu decided to let go of Harry from now on.

"Harry, one's ability needs to be improved by oneself." Zhang Xu said to Harry.

"One thing I've learned from my short life"

"The more you rely on other people's ideas, the more you will find that there is a limit to your ability to improve"

"Unless you really rely on yourself."

"What do you want to say?" Harry looked at Zhang Xu strangely.