The Days of Sneaking at Hogwarts

After finishing shopping on the first floor, Arnold plans to go to the second floor to have a look.

The stairs leading from the first floor to the second floor are covered with black spots, like corrosion marks after being attacked by black magic. It's like being surrounded by black magic.

The staircase is a typical semi-circular staircase. There is a large platform at the junction of the two staircases. Standing on the platform, Arnold can’t help but feel that there is a feeling of overlooking all living beings, “If those sofas are removed, it will be a It's a nice ballroom." A Nuo looked at the living room she saw at the beginning, which was related to the entire decoration style of the Tang family, and she was sure that her grandfather must have thought of holding a ball at the beginning, standing on this big platform Come on, let's make a peacock-like debut.

Arnold continued to explore on the second floor, pushing away the first room on her left, which was a study, "The study is very ordinary." Tang's study is much smaller than Picos's, and the library The quality is even more mediocre, and Arnold understands where she inherited her dislike of reading.

As it got dark, the house gradually darkened. In order to facilitate exploration, A Nuo tried to find the light switch, but he couldn't find it for a long time, and there was a lot of dust in his hands. A Nuo patted the ash on his hands, " Could it be that the study room is not equipped with lights, it is not the same reason to work at sunrise and rest at sunset."

"Who is that noisy and unruly boy? Is that that stinky boy Yi Yi? He's talking incomprehensible words all day long. Why are you pretending?" Just as A Nuo finished speaking, a strange middle-aged man's voice A voice sounded, and if you listen carefully to the direction of the voice, it doesn't come from outside the door, but it seems like someone is standing in the study and talking.

Arnold immediately looked around, raised the wand in his hand to illuminate, swallowed, "I didn't mean to disturb, may I ask you?"

The voice sounded again, "You are a visitor, shouldn't you reveal your identity first?"

"I'm Arnold Picos." Arnold walked around, looking around vigilantly. She suspected it was a ghost at first, but the ghost could be seen. She turned around but couldn't see it. She thought of Yi In the Chinese ghost stories that Yi had told her before, the ghosts in them were not like the ones in Hogwarts. She will hide her figure and peep in the dark. Thinking of this, Arnold raised her heart to her throat. Although Yi Yi told her that those were all made up to scare her, she had to believe in science, but Muggles still believed that magic It was made up, so magic still exists.

A Nuo leaned on the wall, and slowly put her back against the wall. This was the safest method she could think of so far.

"Arnold Picos? Is it Liz's child?" The voice softened a bit, "Wait for me to turn on the light, lumos (fluorescent flickering)."

A Nuo looked at the study room that was lit up instantly, "It's voice-activated." With the lights on, A Nuo also figured out the source of the sound. It was a portrait hanging on the wall, which showed a middle-aged man. , dressed gracefully and luxuriously, and gaudy, only the words "flower peacock" popped out of Arnold's mind.

The man looked at A Nuo, "Little Liz? No, it seems, what did you just say about your name?"

"Arnold Picos. Lisbeth is my mother." Everything was bright, and Arnold had nothing to fear, so he became bold, "You are?"

"I'm your grandfather." The man's face gradually became kinder.

"Grandpa?" A Nuo had imagined what his grandfather would look like, but he never imagined that he would look like a peacock. "You, this, uh." A Nuo looked at the portrait, "Hi, Grandpa."

"Okay, okay." Eli Tang looked very happy, "I was dozing off, and I heard someone talking about the sunrise and sunset. I thought it was that kid Yi Yi. It looks like you know him." He, how does he treat your aunt? What about your parents, oh, you have an older brother, what about them, you came here alone, you and your mother really looked alike when they were young, When I left, there was no you, how old are you?"

Eli was talking ramblingly, as if he didn't know anything about the outside world. Seeing that Arnold didn't speak, he sighed, "I'm a bit wordy, that door has been opened for a long time, and no one has opened it for a long time. Come talk to me."

A Nuo looked at Eli and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. It seems that her father-in-law left early and didn't know anything about all the changes. She didn't know how to tell him all this, "Well, grandpa, uh, Aunt De Ruo and Uncle Yi Yi are together and have a great time. Uncle treats my aunt very well. I am fourteen. My brother is very busy and has no time, and I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Oh, okay, where are your parents?" Eli nodded and continued to ask.

"They..." Arnold was silent for a while, "They all passed away."

"Oh, ah?" Eli nodded before reacting.

Eli was speechless for a while, and after a long silence, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Is it because of Riddle?"

"Since I was young, everyone said that my parents' death was an accident. I didn't know it until I went to school, but I still don't know the real truth. That's why I'm here today." Arnold told Eli He explained his reason for coming, "Not long ago, I found two letters, the contents of which messed up my original cognition. On the back of one of the letters, there was a sentence that the Tang family's estate covered up with everything."

Eli looked listless, feeling as if he was a few years older, listening to Arnold quietly.

After A Nuo finished speaking, he looked at Eli, "By the way, who is Riddle?" A Nuo felt that she had heard of this name somewhere, but she had no memory of where and who it was.

"Huh?" Eli was taken aback for a moment, "Tom Riddle is Voldemort."

As soon as the name came out, Arnold remembered it. In the second school year, she heard Hermione say that the diary that caused the trouble belonged to Tom Riddle. At that time, Arnold only remembered Tom. , when she heard the name, she couldn't help but think of a Muggle cartoon "Tom and Jerry" she had seen. The cat in it was called Tom, so when Arnold heard the name Tom, Arnold always would Some plays, "I remember, I remember. Hey, grandpa, so you don't know anything about that time?"

"Indeed, in the early days, I became a portrait hanging on this wall. At first, people came to this study from time to time. Later, I could only listen to the movement outside the door. After that, it was always quiet outside. I started to be in a daze all day long, and my mind was even a little unclear, until you came and woke me up." Eli said sentence by sentence, and Arnold listened to each sentence, and then muttered in a low voice, "Unfortunately, I died early, ouch."

Eli frowned, "Hiss, what you said..."

"I was wrong, I was wrong." A Nuo sometimes his mouth can run faster than his brain, but fortunately, every time he apologizes, he is very timely, "Grandpa, for that sentence, the Tang family's manor covers everything , What do you think, and also, these two letters, one was sent by my aunt to my mother, and the other was sent by Sirius to my mother. I read the letter from Sirius several times, and there are some As for the content of the threat, I have compared Sirius' handwriting, and the handwriting is correct, but it always feels wrong, do you have any thoughts on this?"

"The content of the threat? That shouldn't be Sirius, maybe someone maliciously framed him, that child can be regarded as I watched him grow up, and I know him well, he won't." Eli looked at the desk, "Ah Nuo, do you see the desk over there? There is a small box in the second cabinet to the left of the desk, take it out for me."

Taking advantage of A Nuo's efforts to get the box, Eli continued, "You should ask your aunt about this matter, she should know everything, as for that sentence, I think it should be blind I wrote it, just to bluff you."

"Who is so boring and would go to such lengths to scare me? Grandpa, what's in it?" Arnold took out the box that Eli was talking about, shook it in his hand, and made a loud noise, like Put a hard object.

"Who knows, maybe it's so boring. That's the Tang family's key in Gringotts." Eli looked at a bookshelf on the other side, "On the bookshelf over there, the fourth floor is from the left. Count to the fifth, take that book away, there is still a small box inside."

A Nuo walked over, and took out the small box inside according to Eli's words, "This is it again?"

Eli looked at the small box, "In it is the symbol of the head of the Tang family, a ring with the emblem of the Tang family."

A Nuo looked at the two boxes, a key, and a ring in his hand. A Nuo raised his head and looked at Eli. Many scenes of martial arts novels he had read before flashed through his mind. The door was afraid that there would be no successors, so he asked the scene on his deathbed, "Grandpa, what are you?"

"Come, come, help me remove my portrait, take those two small boxes, and take me out of here, it's so boring." Eli signaled Arnold to remove his portrait.

"Ah? Oh." A Nuo stuffed the two small boxes into his pocket, and went forward to remove Eli's portrait. Halfway through the removal, A Nuo stopped, "Just move it directly, this grave is so unreasonable." Are you particular about it?" A Nuo remembered that Yi Yi had said to himself that moving the grave was a very particular thing.

"What move the grave? These are two things, stay away from that kid Yi Yi in the future." A Nuo's words made Eli angry. If he was not a portrait now, he would definitely show A Nuo that he was young for a while Pale face.

A Nuo took the portrait and walked out of the study room. It seemed that the Tang family had nothing to explore at the moment, so A Nuo planned to go back and come back later if he missed something serious, so he took Eli to the fireplace, just as he went down the stairs, Feeling that someone was watching him from behind, he turned his head, but there was nothing there. Afraid of being haunted, Arnold quickened his pace and took Eli back to Picos Manor.

Back at Picos Manor, seeing the bright lights and Will who had been waiting, Arnold felt relieved and put Eli's portrait on the sofa, "Wait a minute, Grandpa, I'm thinking of giving you A good place to hang it, how about the top?"

"Just hang it in the study." Before Eli could answer, another voice rang out. Arnold turned his head and looked at Nuo En, "Nuen, you are finally back. Will said that you have been here since last year." Never came home."

Norn glanced at Will, then glanced at the dining table, looking at the dinner that was not passive on the table, "Well. Will, a cup of coffee, send it to the study, Arnold, eat dinner first, after dinner, go to the study to find Me.” Having said all that, Norn went straight upstairs.

A Nuo thought about whether she had done anything wrong in her heart. She felt that it was nothing good for Nuo En to call her over, so she glanced at the dinner on the table.

"It's getting cold, I'll prepare it again." Will picked up the dinner on the table. "No need." Arnold called Will, "I won't eat." After a while of mental construction, Arnold went upstairs. After walking a few steps, Arnold turned around again and took Eli's portrait Take it to the study.

Nuo En watched A Nuo walk into the study, "Put the portrait at the door first, and bring it in later."

"Oh." A Nuo put the portrait at the door according to Nuo En's wishes, "Brother, what do you want from me?" A Nuo thought for a long time, but he didn't know what he did wrong.

"From now on, you are not allowed to go to Tang's house again." Nuo En took a sip of coffee.

"Ah?" A Nuo was stunned for a moment, and muttered in a low voice, "Didn't you just go home, how did you know that I went... Merlin, portrait, I forgot about this."

"Also, don't be curious about these things anymore." Norn took another sip of coffee, "Okay, you have to remember what I said, and don't touch it, that's all. Take the portrait Come in, you go to rest."

"Oh." A Nuo responded, brought the portrait in, and put it on the desk, "Grandpa, goodbye, this is your grandson, let's talk."

Putting down the portrait of Eli, Arnold walked out, and only Nuo En and Eli were left in the study room. Nuo En just drank coffee, read books, and read newspapers, and no matter how Eli talked to him, he didn't care. , "Nuo En, you are really weird, you don't care about people, let's chat with grandpa, it's really not good, you can hang me on the wall, on the wall facing the window , I can still look at the scenery outside, you are like this, let me stay on your table all the time, just looking at you, it's boring, Nuoen, are you listening to me?"

Nuo En raised his eyes, stood up the portrait, and faced the window, "As for the hanging on the wall, let Anuo help you tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he walked out of the study.

"Hey, Norn." Eli stayed in the same place, not moving, "Arnold is cuter."