Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

Hermione lay on the table with her hands on her forehead, almost crying.Crookshanks didn't know when he jumped onto the dining table, stretched out his paw and patted his master's head.

Harry and Ron were also looking at the recent newspapers with bitter faces, almost crying.

During this period of time, the Daily Prophet has been filled with tranquility, singing and dancing, and wizards all over the UK are living in a peaceful and prosperous world. There is no trace of the two gangs killing people half a month ago.

From the first day when the few of them were locked in the dungeon, all kinds of advertisements and merchandise soft articles in the newspapers swept in like a tsunami.For a while, the Daily Prophet can be renamed the Prophet Business Daily.

In a corner of the newspaper not long afterward, the two Ministers of Magic each ensured that the people of the whole country could have a stable and peaceful Christmas.

On the night of the opening of the exhibition, Lao Ma, who claimed to "make up and go deep into the enemy's rear to investigate the enemy's situation", convened a meeting overnight with all the merchants he could.Early the next morning, the "Christmas Shopping Carnival" event also started in Diagon Alley, intending to compete with Hogsmeade for economic territory.

In order to stir up the shopping atmosphere in Diagon Alley, Lao Ma even temporarily allocated a part of the Ministry of Magic's public funds as year-end bonuses for the Death Eaters, and asked them to go shopping in Diagon Alley to make up for their heads.

So in the next day's newspaper, the pictures of the crowded Diagon Alley actually attracted some customers.

"I didn't expect such a fun thing to happen during this period of time." Harry said with a bitter face, "I saw Lupine in the photo."

After learning that Mrs. Weasley was safe, the big stone in Harry's heart finally fell, and they began to think about other things.

"Why did Lupine walk with Patil and Padma?" Ron wondered, "There is no news about Mom in the newspapers, and the whole world is selling things."

"So, why are we locked up?" Harry lamented.

Seeing that they have suffered so much, the earth still rotates, and there are people who can do well what they plan to risk their lives to do, the trio fell into self-doubt and wailing.

"He must know something," said Hermione, looking up suddenly.

"Who?" Harry and Ron looked at her.

"Who else?" Hermione said through gritted teeth.

Seeing Hermione's expression, Harry and Ron remembered the torture they had suffered every day during this period, and their expressions became grim.

"He said he didn't know about it." Ginny said while stroking Harry's cat. "I asked him that day."

At this moment, the doors of the restaurant opened, and Lupine, Black and Mrs. Weasley walked in.

It's just that Lupine and Black's expressions were obviously not good, and Black was still holding a piece of parchment in his hand.

"What's the matter?" Harry asked.

Black sat down at the dining table and said, "The Wizengamot sent me a subpoena, saying that I was involved in a theft many years ago, and asked me to come to the Ministry of Magic for questioning at three o'clock this afternoon."

"How could this be?" Harry asked in surprise, "What kind of case is that, is there any news from Mr. Weasley?"

After hearing Harry's question, Lupine and Black's expressions became even worse.

"Not Hogsmeade's Ministry of Magic." Lupine explained, "Lucius Malfoy in London completed the reorganization of the Wizengamot this morning, and the first thing after the reorganization was to issue a summons to Sirius .”

"What if we don't?" Hermione asked.

"Trial in absentia," Black replied, "and they don't allow me to have a lawyer represent me in court. I have to go in person."

The faces of the other people present were all black. If Black went to the Ministry of Magic controlled by Voldemort at this time, it would be no different from sending him to death.

"Forget it, leave it alone, I won't go anyway." Blake said, throwing the parchment in his hand into the fireplace, "I have other things to do in the afternoon."

"What's the matter?" Harry asked curiously.

"It's nothing." Black stammered a bit, "I'll talk to you when I come back tonight."

After Blake finished speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

The trio of Harry looked at each other in the restaurant, this was the first time they had seen Black like this.Lupine, Mrs. Weasley and Ginny put on funny faces.

"What's up with him

' Harry asked Lupine.

"Let him tell you about it." Lupine smiled and said to Harry, "It's a good thing."

Not only Lupine, but even the mother and daughter of Mrs. Weasley have been tricked.

"How about we go to Hogsmeade this afternoon?" Mrs. Weasley said to the three ex-convicts. "I think I'll do some more Christmas shopping this year."

The three people who were planning to find clues to Mrs. Weasley's rescue in the newspaper just now knew about the Hogsmeade shopping carnival. If they hadn't just been released because they were locked up for unauthorized actions, they would have already wanted to watch the excitement.

At first, they all thought that they couldn't leave Blake's house for half a step during the holidays. For them, it was just a move from a small cell to a large cell with plenty of food and drink.

Now Mrs. Weasley had surprised them by saying that they could go out now.

"Can we really go?" Harry asked.

"No problem, I just contacted Arthur, and someone will protect you then." Mrs. Weasley replied.

Mrs. Weasley's words made Harry feel a little uncomfortable. He didn't like being protected as a mascot, but he couldn't help but accept this protection.

When he was in the dungeon, he finally figured it out. The current wizard war cannot be resolved by personal bravery.And as an accelerator to speed up the process of ending the war, sometimes he must not serve the entire war situation.

They had a full stomach just now and rested for a while. As soon as Harry and the others heard the news that they could let the wind go, their whole bodies were immediately full of strength.

After emerging from the fireplace in the Hog's Head, Harry found himself surrounded.

Percy surrounded Harry with four of them.

"This is the famous Harry Potter." Percy introduced to his teammates, "Our task today is to keep an eye on him and not let him slip away."

"Of course, Harry, we didn't protect you today for free." Percy turned his head and said to Harry, "You have to buy us a drink tonight."

Mrs. Weasley on the side of "Percy" called Sanwa a little unhappy.

"It's all right, Mum," Percy said to his mother. "Minister Scrimgeour has agreed. We just want to talk to Harry."

Harry nodded noncommittally, it was better to be dealt with by Percy than with an unfamiliar Auror.

Harry's trio, Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, and Percy, a team of ten in total, left the Pig's Head pub in a mighty way and came to the main street of Hogsmeade.

Originally Ginny wanted to talk to Harry about recent events, but Percy has been standing by Harry's side as a telegraph pole, making her lose the ability to talk.

And Percy's four teammates dispersed as soon as they reached the street, protecting Harry and his group.

The fresh air outside is so alluring that the trio nostalgic for being released from prison.

It's just that their attention was quickly attracted by what happened on the street.

A giant panda shouted "I want to see the queen" and was dragged out of a shop by two ladies, walking towards the coffee shop.

Behind them, a little silver-haired girl licked a lollipop the size of a fist and jumped up and down to watch.

Not far from them, stood a man and a woman, and the man among them was recording this scene with a camera.

Soon, the two spotted Harry and his party, and walked over quickly.

"Hello, are you Mr. Harry Potter, may I take some of your time and conduct an exclusive interview with you?" The blond-haired, blue-eyed lady among the two asked Harry.

"Who are you?" Percy stepped between the visitor and Harry.

Before his teammates in front could react just now, the other two appeared in front of Harry.Those two teammates are elite Aurors from other countries, and they can break through their interception without a trace before they react. These two are obviously not simple roles.If the other party was someone sent by Voldemort, the consequences would be serious.

"I'm Diana, a reporter from Reuters." The visitor introduced himself, "Mr. Weasley, I also want to conduct an interview with you, but it must be arranged after the interview with Mr. Potter."

Percy took the certificate handed over by the other party and found nothing wrong.Then he found the male photographer with the camera on the other side staring blankly behind him, turned around and found that the person he was looking at was Hermione.