Chinese students at Hogwarts.

Zhang Xiao's skin was darker, but he was in unusually good spirits, his eyes were bright, and he put the note away.

Looking at Fox squatting by the campfire, combing his feathers with his beak:

"Is Dumbledore okay?"

Fox raised the bird's head and stared at him with golden pupils for a while. He missed him a little, but reluctantly nodded.

Zhang Xiao looked at Fox and couldn't help but laugh. It had been two years since Senior Qingluan returned, and Fox now had a strong opinion of him.

"I know, I'll go over and take a look, right -"

He took out a paper and pen and quickly wrote a note: "Send it to the Elf Labor Service Company for me——"

Fox stretched out his paws and grabbed the note, staring at him with golden pupils. He suddenly pecked his finger hard, spread his wings, buzzed, and disappeared into a ball of flame.

Zhang Xiao looked at the marks on his fingers and just shook his head helplessly.

Not long after, with a slight popping sound, Rainwater appeared in front of him sitting on a stack of thick newspapers.

As soon as he appeared, he let out a long scream:

"The most powerful, the greatest, the most benevolent, the legend known to everyone in the wizarding world, defeated the master of the Dark Lord!"

Zhang Xiao: It’s really hard for people to understand the elf’s thoughts.

"Don't call me that, and you don't have to call me master. You can just call me boss."

"Good host."

Zhang Xiao was silent for a moment, wisely gave up the idea of ​​discussing names with the stubborn elf, and reached out to take the newspaper brought by the rain.

During this period of time, he has been running around the world, firstly to open a map, and he can't apparate to places he has never been before.

Secondly, it was also to feel the pride of reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles in ancient times. After all, Dumbledore only asked him to go out for a walk, and he had to figure out how to continue on his own path.

My parents also agree with this, because Daomen has always had the habit of traveling.

During this time, he simply cut off all contact and devoted himself to traveling. Except for occasionally chatting with his parents through a telescope, he didn't read any newspapers or anything like that.

But now Dumbledore has asked him to check the clues, and this isolation can end.

He could still feel the increasingly tense atmosphere during this period. Demon hunters and soldiers began to appear in some American cities to capture wizards.

The attacks of dark wizards have become more frequent. It is their attacks that have greatly increased ordinary people's distrust of wizards, and agitated waves are surging under the calm water.

"How is the situation now?"

Zhang Xiao picked up the newspaper and asked casually.

"It's not good, but we got a lot of new orders." Yuyu puffed up his chest and said proudly.

"New order? What's going on?" Zhang Xiao glanced at the latest newspaper, which read "The International Federation of Wizards is seeking negotiations with the Muggle government."

Yu Yu talked a lot excitedly. Although some of the words did not convey the meaning and the word order was reversed, Zhang Xiao still successfully extracted effective information.

Because the elves rescued the wounded during the battle and bravely participated in the battle in the end, the wizarding world greatly changed their view of the elves.

In particular, some wizards survived precisely because of the timely operation of the elves, and these people became loyal users of the company.

The status of the elves has improved a lot, and at least they have gained a small amount of respect.

Rain began to talk about some changes in the wizarding world again. For example, many wizards who originally lived in Muggle communities moved back to wizard gathering places.

Some of the Ministry of Magic, which suffered heavy casualties, are strongly demanding reciprocal retaliation, or have begun to retaliate quietly.

While talking, it flipped through the newspapers quickly - this was also their training project, so that they could quickly and easily find the newspapers the employer needed.

Find one and hand it to Zhang Xiao.

This is a newspaper from almost half a month ago. The headline on the front page is Dumbledore's serious face, talking about something.

After a quick glance, it was probably Dumbledore and the International Federation of Wizards calling on everyone to calm down. War with Muggles is not advisable and will cause huge casualties on both sides.

They will negotiate with the Muggle government and collect everyone's demands to severely punish the murderer.

They also informed of the International Federation of Wizards' investigation report, which stated that the events in Metropolis were caused by only some people from one country, and that the church was involved.

In order to give the wizards an outlet for their pent-up anger, the International Federation of Wizards also promised to fight the Church to the death, raising the elimination of the Church to its main goal.

After reading it, Zhang Xiao shook his head.

This goal is destined to be difficult. The church is similar to Longhu Mountain. They are both extraordinary in the inside and secular in the outside. They are independent of each other, but they are related.

In other words, the church has a very broad popular base, so it is difficult to isolate it alone.

Suddenly, Zhang Xiao stopped flipping the newspaper. He pulled out a newspaper and stared at the headlines on it.

"Former Deputy Minister of Magic and Death Eater Umbridge on Trial"

The photo shows an unkempt Umbridge. She has obviously lost a lot of weight, and her face looks even weirder. If she was originally a fat toad, she now looks a bit like a big-mouthed monkey.

She was crying and sitting in the Wizengamot interrogation box, her hands were tightly locked. On the other side of the photo was the new Minister of Magic, Amelia Bones, who was the host.

Umbridge and Zhang Xiao thought about it carefully, and it seemed that she had not been seen on the battlefield.

He is really good at escaping to save his life!

Moving his gaze to the main text, after reading for a while, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but take a breath. It seemed that wizards really hated Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

Veritaserum is generally not used in trials because it is easily interfered by Occlumency or other magic potions.

But in this Wizengamot trial, the Ministry of Magic directly dispatched the Silent Man, the kind specializing in memory magic, which directly destroyed Umbridge's brain defense.

On the premise of ensuring that the memory was not modified, the powerful veritaserum was approved unanimously.

As Voldemort's trusted right-hand man, Umbridge knew a lot of information, and she knew almost all of the Death Eaters.

Following her confession, all the ultra-pure bloods except those who died on the battlefield were wiped out. The dementors almost went crazy with joy. They had never had such abundant food!

Zhang Xiao's eyes lingered on the final judgment results for a while, especially the words "Dementor's Kiss".

This was originally the fate of Barty Crouch Jr., but now Umbridge is enjoying it.

Zhang Xiao can only say hello to this result!

It's best if the dementor kisses her with a deep French kiss!

There is not a lot of content in the remaining newspapers. For an organization like the Ministry of Magic with insufficient control, it is good to finish the meeting in a month. It will take at least a month to make a quarrel in the International Federation of Wizards.

But this time, the extremely inefficient Ministry of Magic met its match.

The Muggle government also failed to come up with an effective decision. Several parties were quarreling, and ordinary people were also quarreling. Sometimes demonstrations with different purposes had to fight when they met.

All I can say is that chess has met its worthy opponent and general has met his match!

After letting the rain go away and enjoying a delicious grilled fish, Zhang Xiao extinguished the campfire and got into the carriage.

sleep!

Ireland is the second largest island in the British Isles and the third largest island in Europe.

Because the entire island is shrouded in verdant green trees, it is often called the "Emerald Island".

Even with this scenery, Zhang Xiao had no intention of admiring it. He pulled the hat on his forehead to protect himself from the sun, feeling helpless.

The clues Dumbledore gave were very abstract, not like they were obtained directly, but more like he had deduced them himself.

A castle by the water

The problem is, only when Zhang Xiao got here did he know that there are more than 30,000 castles in Ireland!

The area is almost as big as js province. How to find it?

No wonder Dumbledore asked him to help. If it was easy to find, Old Dumbledore would probably fly here himself. It’s not that far from Hogwarts anyway!

Zhang Xiao was sitting on a bench next to the park. The island had a small population, just over four million people. The vast land and sparse population made it look extremely empty.

There were not many people in the park. It was midsummer at the moment, and the lush woods looked pleasing to the eye.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Xiao simply took out a lounge chair, brewed a pot of tea, and rested under the shade of the tree holding the teapot.

It would definitely not work to look for it like this. Dumbledore meant that this was the hiding place where Voldemort stayed for the longest time.

Since he stayed there for a long time, Voldemort must have spent a lot of energy to hide it well.

Maybe even if you find a place, you need to go in and search carefully to find it.

But the problem is that there are more than 30,000 castles!

Zhang Xiao raised the teapot, sucked on the spout and took a big sip. Maybe he should find a way to identify the castles that meet the requirements?

And then investigate more carefully?

This is needed.

Zhang Xiao sat up suddenly, his eyes shining, couldn't he find an agent?

He hurriedly put the things back, glanced at them briefly, and selected a store.

Just you!

"You mean, you want to buy an old castle?"

Zhang Xiao nodded and glanced at the work card on his chest:

"Yes, Mr. Gerald, I like Ireland very much and want to buy an old castle as a family property."

He paused and added a very important sentence:

"Of course, money is no object!"

The smile on Gerald's face suddenly became a little bigger. As a real estate agent, what he loves to hear most is that money is not an issue.

After all, it only cost a few agency fees to sell those small houses?

Or the castle villa is profitable!

"I very much agree with your vision and am happy that you like Ireland."

While saying compliments, he quickly flipped through the introduction booklet:

"I have to say that your husband did the right thing by finding our company. As the largest agency in Ireland, Shirley Fitzgerald is the only one who has the most complete information about the castle!"

Zhang Xiao smiled and nodded. He came here just because he found out that you were the oldest.

"By the way, sir, do you have any requirements for the castle?"

"Being near the water, that's all."

Near the water? Gerald nodded and could only say that it was indeed the largest agency company. He quickly found a thick introduction booklet.

Looking at the exquisite internal photos marked with the shooting time, Zhang Xiao suddenly realized a problem:

"Mr. Gerald, have you visited all these castles?"

"Of course, as a responsible company, we visit every castle listed for sale to inspect it and take photos."

Zhang Xiao's eyebrows knitted. Although Voldemort unexpectedly borrowed the power of Muggles at the Metropolitan Stadium, before that, he absolutely looked down on Muggles.

According to Dumbledore, that was where Voldemort hid when he was young. Although he didn't say what time period it was, Zhang Xiao guessed that it was the period after he obtained the Gold Cup.

In other words, Voldemort will never allow Muggles to set foot in his place, maybe not even close!

"Mr. Gerald, I don't need an inhabited, abandoned place."

Abandoned castle? And the time is also specified?

Gerald's face became serious, and he asked tentatively:

"Sir, many abandoned castles are prohibited from purchase or have status restrictions."

"Hold on!"

Zhang Xiao took out a piece of white paper from his pocket and snapped his fingers very skillfully: [Confusion Curse]

Gerald took the white paper with a confused look on his face and couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Sir, you are a noble earl?"

The corner of Zhang Xiao's mouth twitched slightly. What the confusion spell confuses depends on their imagination. God knows what they will come up with.

"That's no problem. Most families who own abandoned castles are happy to deal with people of your status."

Gerald's attitude immediately became more attentive. He greeted other employees loudly and assigned tasks amidst the confusion on their faces.

Finally, it took several hours to sort out a thick pile of information, all of which were abandoned castles that met the requirements.

There are approximately more than 400 castles. Compared with the more than 30,000 ancient castles that exist in the world, it can only be said that the workload is greatly reduced.

"Thanks, that's just what I needed."

Zhang Xiao looked at the information in his hand with satisfaction and put a thick wad of pounds into Gerald's hand without any explanation.

With a confused look on his face, Gerald looked at the pound in his hand, and then at the 'Lord Earl' who had already walked out of the door.

Do you want to buy this?

Zhang Xiao looked at the address of the castle on the first page of the information, and compared the direction with the map. His whole body quietly disappeared, floating in the air and speeding away into the distance.

His speed was unintentionally much faster. His figure almost disappeared in the air as he floated in the air and phantomed within his sight range.

This consumption and physical burden are almost nothing to mention for Zhang Xiao now. After turning on the golden light spell, he can't even feel the shock of phantom.

The pages of coloring information were quickly turned over. By the afternoon, Zhang Xiao had visited almost 200 castles.

After waiting for the moon to rise and running through dozens of castles, Zhang Xiao's body also felt extremely tired.

When he fell from the sky and landed on an island in the middle of the lake, he suddenly felt a faint strangeness.

Opening his eyes and looking at a lonely castle not far away, a smile slowly appeared on Zhang Xiao's tired face.

found it!

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