The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

"Do you want to know the truth behind Officer Merlin's suicide?" When Dumbledore was stopped by Sun Zhu, he was about to go to St. Mungo's to give remedial lessons to the students who were "attacked" by the basilisk. However, the two Hufflepuffs in front of him seemed to have hurried over without even having dinner, which stopped him in his tracks.

Sun Zhuzhi, who had finally caught the principal, nodded. In fact, she had come to look for him a few days ago, but unfortunately came back empty-handed.

Although she had a vague idea of ​​the reason, she still wanted to confirm it.

But Cedric behind him asked, "Officer Merlin, who is that?"

Dumbledore looked very happy: "Were you dragged here by her again?"

Cedric was a little embarrassed: "I don't know much, but as long as I know it, it's fine."

"You've gone off topic, Principal." Sun Zhu saw through his intentions and explained to Cedric, "Officer Merlin once trained Senior Tonks and also visited me at Sirius's house last summer."

"What does his business have to do with you?"

"You'll have to ask the headmaster about that." Sun Zhu spread his hands. "Last year we met a few Malfoy bodyguards in Hogsmeade who wanted to harm us. At that time I felt that Malfoy knew too much about some of my affairs. After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that Officer Merlin was the most suspicious. When I heard about him recently, I felt that..."

"He was a Death Eater, and now that he's been discovered, did he commit suicide out of fear of the crime?"

Sun Zhu nodded gently: "Even if I have doubts about this kind of thing, I can't really do anything. So after thinking about it, only the principal could know the situation."

Dumbledore looked at her with a smile: "Who told you this?"

"Sirius asked Newt to tell me, but he also heard it from Senior Tonks."

Dumbledore waved to Fawkes who was not far away: "It seems that I have to give Sirius more instructions."

"Ahem, I'm not here to tell him about something bad. Please stop changing the subject." Sun Zhu felt that the principal was going to cause trouble for Sirius. She felt a little sympathetic, but not much. "Why can't you tell me about this?"

"This matter may be complicated if the Aurors are involved." Cedric guessed, "If there really is a Death Eater traitor among the Aurors, it would be a terrible thing."

You know, many people were killed by traitors, which is much more unfair than the casualties caused by directly facing the Death Eaters.

"It's not complicated." Dumbledore shook his head. "Bamboo, at the auction that day, did you go to Officer Shacklebolt to borrow the companion book?"

Sun Zhu was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, but I returned it in a few minutes."

That day she had a cordial and friendly conversation with Lucius, and promised to give him a present.

When she asked Senior Sister Tonks to borrow the "Companion Book" that they had photographed from Kingsley Shacklebolt for her, she was still a little unsure. After all, they had spent so much money, there was no reason for them to lend such an important thing to a fourth-year student. But she didn't expect that with just a word, something worth more than 10,000 gold galleons would be in her hands.

She turned around and took it to Lucius, telling him that if he had any doubts, he could use this Flamel treasure to test the loyalty of his subordinates and partners.

This was the "gift" she promised him, although she originally intended to tell him that one of his followers had betrayed him. The Malfoy family's business was huge, complex and somewhat shady, and Lucius's trusted follower turned to another pure-blood wizard who was engaged in underground business - this might very well bankrupt him. The reason why the man betrayed him was that Lucius had been tied up in his work recently, delaying the follower from eating more dirty money. All this information was told to her by Tongzi, who had been paying attention to the situation of the Malfoy family. She originally planned to do a favor, and also to prevent her current powerful "helper" from really collapsing.

But she still decided to borrow the companion book - she would be really sad if there was no authentic copy at the auction.

However, Lucius did not appreciate it at all. He did not trust her and thought it was a trap. Sun Zhu did not speak directly because he was afraid that he would think he was alienating her. Unfortunately, no matter what method he used, this suspicious Slytherin was very defensive.

However, it seems that there is really nothing about me that is worthy of his trust.

So Sun Zhu felt extremely regretful and only reminded him to pay attention to the abnormalities of the people around him, and then returned the book to the Aurors.

She didn't even use it.

But now, she understood what Dumbledore meant. "You mean, the companion book detected Merlin's infidelity and saw through his true colors, so he was ashamed - or afraid, and committed suicide."

Dumbledore shook his head. "That book is not that powerful. It cannot identify people with bad intentions. Otherwise, we would not have exposed its existence."

Sun Zhu felt a little hurt. The world of adult wizards was really full of deception.

"Because it was actually invented by Mr. Flamel hundreds of years ago as a toy for his children. Perhaps it was indeed so magical at the beginning, but now the magic attached to it has gradually disappeared with the passage of time." Seeing her disillusioned expression, Dumbledore said frankly: "But it can still play its value. For example, a guilty person will steal it, and then be discovered by the trace magic attached to it."

This is how Officer Merlin got tricked. Should we say he was unlucky or stupid?

"So, besides him, have you found any other traitors?"

"Child, believe me, you don't need to worry too much about this matter." Dumbledore was unwilling to say anything more. "I heard from Newt that he has made some progress in studying the painting?"

"Yes, I don't understand why you gave me the painting." Sun Zhu glanced at Cedric who was feeding Fox hazelnuts, "What can I do with it?"

"This painting is actually the most valuable item at the auction that day. If I asked Newt to accept it, he would not be willing. But if I give it to you and you ask him to study it, he will be happy to accept it."

Cedric couldn't help but turn his gaze to the kind-looking principal, but he always felt that what he saw was a fox that was over a hundred years old.

Oh, no, it's really rude to think of the principal like that.

He immediately withdrew his gaze, but saw that Sun Zhu's eyes were clearly filled with the same sigh.