Harry Potter: The Party of the Orient at Hogwarts

A burst of footsteps hurriedly passed through the stairs. Snape held the wand and maintained an attacking posture and walked to the stairs. He only saw a shadow flashing past the stairs on the next floor.

"Don't try to run!"

Snape had mastered silent spelling very early. He swung his wand and smashed it into pieces.

Only a muffled sound was heard as something hit the ground, and then the entire corridor returned to deathly silence.

"professor?"

Jiang Li walked to Snape's side and looked down doubtfully. It was empty with no trace.

Snape frowned. The other party could kill the students of Hogwarts without anyone noticing during his night patrol. He must be very powerful.

Knowing that he had obsessive-compulsive disorder and had to watch the night in the order of the school song, he took advantage of the time difference to kill Susan. The other party was most likely an acquaintance.

"Professor, do you know who the murderer is?" Jiang Li looked up at him.

"My spell failed to hit him, that cunning villain!" Snape cursed through gritted teeth.

There was a rush of footsteps in the corridor behind him, more than one person, getting closer and closer.

Jiang Li and Snape looked at each other and put their hands on the Qiankun bag on their waists so that they could take out the moon soul at any time.

The door of the corridor behind him was opened. When Jiang Li turned around and prepared to take out the moon soul to fight, he was hugged into a familiar and warm embrace.

"Thank Merlin, not you!"

Jiang Li was stunned. She slowly raised her head and saw Newt's anxious eyes, followed by Professor Sprout.

"What's wrong with you, Newt?" Jiang Li tugged at the hem of his clothes.

Newt's heart dropped and he breathed a long sigh of relief: "Sif sent news that a girl from Hufflepuff died accidentally in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom during a night out."

"So, you're worried about me?"

"Yes!" Newt said bluntly.

"It's Susan. I hope it's me. Maybe if I meet the murderer, I can still fight him. Even if I can't defeat him, it won't be a problem to escape with my ability." Jiang Li sulked in Newt's arms. said.

"Susan?" Professor Sprout exclaimed in surprise, "How is that possible? That child has always been well-behaved, why would he go out for a night walk in the middle of the night?"

Jiang Li was held in Newt's arms with wet eyes: "It's all my fault. If you insist on asking her about her relationship with Blaise, she got very angry and ran out of the dormitory."

"Brace from your college?" Professor Sprout frowned and looked at Snape, "I have heard rumors about this child. With all due respect, Sev, you have to restrain your students."

Snape's face was livid, but he didn't refute her.

"By the way, where is Dumbledore?" Jiang Li suddenly realized that the person who should be here now did not show up.

"Due to matters related to the aftermath of the Triwizard Tournament, he and the other two principals were invited to the Ministry of Magic and left before the ball was over." Newt answered her question.

"You and Pomona are waiting here." Newt let go of her and winked at Snape, "Sev, come with me to check on Susan again to see if there is anything suspicious. ."

"it is good."

Snape followed Newt to the crime scene again.

"Don't blame yourself too much. It's not your fault." Professor Sprout put his soft arms around Jiang Li. "It's the murderer's fault. Maybe it's because Dumbledore is not here tonight that that extremely vicious guy dared to take action."

"Well, thank you, Professor."

In fact, none of them knew that no matter whether Dumbledore was there tonight or whether Susan had a quarrel with Jiang Li, she would not be able to escape this inevitable ending.

The murderer was handled perfectly, leaving no clues. Newt and Snape investigated for a long time, but still failed and returned to Jiang Li and Sprout.

"He should know me and Hogwarts very well, and his strength is not inferior to mine." Snape told Newt his thoughts.

"Do you have any doubts, Sev?" Newt looked seriously into Snape's eyes.

Snape closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and shook his head blankly: "No."

"Could it be Filch? He knows Professor Snape and the internal structure of Hogwarts very well, and he can move around freely at Hogwarts at night." Jiang Li put forward his guess based on the conditions they just exchanged. .

"No, Li, didn't you hear what Sif said just now? That man's strength is not inferior to Sif. Do you think Filch has this chance?"

"Professor, that girl?" Snape looked at Newt, as if asking for his opinion.

"Don't move for now, wait for Dumbledore to come back." Newt answered him, and then said, "For safety reasons, I will patrol the night with you in the second half of the night."

Snape nodded.

Newt looked at Sprout: "Pomona, you go back and rest first, leave this to me and Sif."

Then he turned to Jiang Li and said, "I'll take you back to the dormitory first."

"I can patrol the night with you." Jiang Li pulled his sleeve, "I'm afraid you can't beat the murderer."

Newt: ...Not really.

In the end, Jiang Li was persuaded by Newt to go back to the dormitory. They had to go to Professor Snape's office to pick up Hannah and Eleanor.

They walked downstairs, and when they reached the next floor, Snape suddenly stopped, frowning, with a little doubt on his face.

"What's wrong, Sev?" Newt looked back at him.

"No, when I brought Miss Jiang up, there was no such water stain on the ground." Snape frowned and looked at the small puddle of water on the floor. It looked like it had just been stained not long ago.

Newt knelt down, took out a pair of gloves from the pocket of his windbreaker, put them on his hands, scraped a little water stain and put it in front of his nose.

"This smell is somewhat familiar."

He stretched out his water-stained index finger towards Snape. Snape bent slightly and smelled the water-stained smell on his finger.

"Professor, this is what Polyjuice Potion tastes like."

"Polyjuice Potion?" Newt thought. It was definitely not because he was familiar with it because it was Polyjuice Potion. He seemed to have smelled this smell in other places. As he got older, his memory was getting worse.

"But why is the Polyjuice Potion here?" Snape whispered to himself while looking at the ground.

"Professor, is it possible that you actually hit the murderer who flashed past the stairs just now, and it fell from him?" Jiang Li looked at Snape and expressed his guess.

"Did you hit it?" Snape said through gritted teeth, "I should have used the Death Curse just now!"

Jiang Li nodded subconsciously, fully agreeing with what he said.

New took Jiang Li's arm and stood up, then patted Snape on the shoulder.

"Sev, if he takes the polyjuice potion, will he look like someone else? Perhaps, his original appearance was seen by Susan, so..."