Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

While Zhang Xu was having a meeting to study the information from the International Federation of Wizards, Voldemort was having a meeting with the core Death Eaters in the living room of a house somewhere in England thousands of miles away.

On the windows around the living room, heavy curtains blocked out the sunlight, and rows of burning candles floated in mid-air, providing light for the dimly lit living room.

An exquisite long table that exudes a sense of history is placed in the center of the living room, Voldemort sits at the top, and the Death Eaters sit on both sides.

Snape, with bandages on his head and hands, sat closest to Voldemort, and reported to Voldemort: "It has been found out that all the nails we planted in the original Ministry of Magic by Piers Thicknesses are dead, and they Most were killed in the Great Hall and the Department of Mysteries the day we took the Ministry of Magic."

"Then do we still have officials from the original Ministry of Magic?" Voldemort said coldly without a trace of emotion.

The Death Eaters below trembled and did not dare to speak, they knew that the black magic was very angry now, and the consequences would be serious.Voldemort is not a mountain eagle, he has to laugh three times before killing, and he will not engage in any ostentation before killing.Otherwise, they would have just started speaking out against Snape, who was at the Ministry of Magic at the time.

"What about those who were captured?" Voldemort continued.

"The Ministry of Magic was attacked twice in a short period of time." Snape said in a cold sweat, "According to the investigation, the people who attacked the first time killed almost all the people in the hall and the Department of Mysteries at that time. They also freed the hostages taken at the Weasley family wedding, and ransacked the Time Halls of the Department of Mysteries. Those who attacked the second time rescued all Ministry staff from the dungeon."

"Do you know who these people are?" Voldemort asked, a red light flashed in his eyes.

"The only survivor of the first attack was Draco Malfoy," Snape replied. "He met the first attacker."

Voldemort turned his gaze to the other end of the long table, and the pony sitting at the end of the Death Eaters line trembled under Voldemort's gaze, and then said tremblingly: "Their leader is disguised as Snape's appearance."

"Are you sure that's not the real Severus?" Bellatrix asked, casting a defiant look at Snape.

Malfoy looked at the expressionless Snape, then at the Dark Lord who looked at him like a poisonous snake staring at his prey, and then said cautiously: "That man's hair was washed very clean, so he must be a fake." of."

The next moment, except for Snape whose face was as cold as liquid nitrogen, all the Death Eaters present couldn't help laughing out loud, even the corner of Voldemort's mouth twitched.

"And do you know who impersonated Severus?" Bellatrix asked.

Malfoy hesitated for a moment, and then chose the former between death sentence with reprieve and immediate execution, "It's Zhang Xu. Those who were arrested that day were all his relatives and close friends. He came to save people. "

"Is he alone?" Voldemort asked.

"All the people he took with him were not British." Snape replied, "From the traces of the spells on the scene and on the corpses, most of the people's spells were not from Hogwarts and the Auror office. Professor. The most important thing is that they did not hide their identities. On the wall of the Department of Mysteries, they left a lot of handwriting in American English, French and Russian."

Voldemort nodded lightly, he came to save people and robbed at the same time, which was in line with his understanding of Zhang Xu.And those foreigners should be foreign guests who came to the wedding.Then he asked again: "What about the second time?"

Snape replied: "The people who came for the second time were an Auror action team under the recently established International Auror Organization. They rescued all the people imprisoned in the dungeon and blew up the

The reference room of the Ministry of Magic and the only remaining elevator and fireplace. "

"Whoever sees this organization in the future, don't keep alive." Voldemort said flatly, as if saying to eat chicken sandwiches and fruit salad for lunch.

"Yes, master," all the Death Eaters present replied in unison.

"How many former Ministry of Magic employees are willing to follow us now?" Voldemort turned his head and asked Snape.

Snape hesitated for a moment, then said, "There are less than ten people."

Voldemort snorted coldly, but judging from his expression, he obviously didn't care much about this question.

Snape went on to report: "The Daily Prophet says they will remain neutral and not take sides."

"These scumbags will pay the price," said Voldemort somewhat angrily.

But if he is angry, he is still unable to attack the most influential newspaper in the British wizarding world, because the relationship behind them is intricate, and if he is not careful, he will lose the only small part of his support.

Snape continued: "The radio station has basically been controlled by us. Except for a few famous announcers who were not there at the time, the rest of the staff will serve us from today on."

Hearing this news, Voldemort's complexion became a little better, which is also a rare piece of good news.

Voldemort looked around at the Death Eaters present, and said, "Then, I need someone to be our Minister for Magic."

At this moment, the Death Eaters couldn't sit still. They originally planned to let the puppets sit in this position, but now that all the puppets are dead, they can only let them go to battle in person.

"Master, your most loyal servant is willing to serve you." Karkaroff, who contributed a hand to Voldemort's resurrection, was the first to stand up and recommend himself.

"You have been away from England for too long."

"You don't even know how many floors the Ministry of Magic has."

As soon as Karkaroff opened his mouth, the other Death Eaters immediately objected.

Especially those diehards who have been imprisoned in Azkaban for more than ten years, they are unwilling to let those meritorious factions who have been free for more than ten years sit in that position.

Then Bellatrix also stepped up to fight for the spot.

After all, the benefits that can be obtained from this position are too high, and everyone didn't care if they didn't have the opportunity before, but now that they have the opportunity, no one wants this position to fall into the hands of another faction.

Seeing that Voldemort had no intention of stopping, the Death Eaters began to quarrel over the position.

One said that the other party's ability was not good, and the other said that the other party's loyalty was insufficient, and there was a quarrel in the living room.

After a while, Voldemort, who had been silent all this time, tapped the table with the Elder Wand, and the Death Eaters below fell silent.

Voldemort looked at the door of the living room, and then said in an unquestionable tone: "Our new Minister of Magic is here."

At this moment, the door of the living room opened, and Lucius Malfoy, who hadn't appeared for a long time, walked in from the door.

"I'm back, master." The old horse greeted Voldemort, "The plan is proceeding according to the established steps."

After the old horse finished speaking, he nodded slightly to Bellatrix.

Voldemort ignored what the old horse said behind him, but asked: "Lucius, do you have any difficulties in becoming the Minister of Magic?"

The old horse said without thinking, "My master, under your leadership, there are always more solutions than difficulties."