New Professor at Hogwarts

"Mystery man?"

"What does this have to do with him?"

Lupine and Snape were confused. Seeing the confusion of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, Dumbledore specially explained: "The person who just broke into the Gryffindor common room was... There was a red-haired wizard and he wounded Sirius."

The three Harrys quickly looked at Sirius.

"I'm fine." Sirius waved his hand and said.

Xia Ran waved his magic wand, and a newspaper suddenly appeared in his hand. He spread out the newspaper and motioned for everyone to take a look at the content.

"Um, Xia Ran, you still like to read this kind of gossip." Lu Ping said with a strange expression.

Dumbledore chuckled and said: "I happen to know the wizard here. Thinking about the ridiculous things he did when he was young, the Daily Prophet did not lie. It was at most exaggerated."

Xia Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "What are you looking at?" He pointed at the news about a senior official of the Ministry of Magic asking for leave with his wand, and continued: "Look here, a senior official of the Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic has asked for leave. It is said that this is the first time in a row that he has asked for leave. It’s day three of leave. I think this guy is Barty Crouch.”

"Barty Crouch?" Harry and Hermione looked confused.

Ron whispered from the side: "He is the director of the Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation, one of the real senior officials of the Ministry of Magic."

"That red-haired wizard is Barty Crouch, that's impossible, right?" Lupine said with a frown.

Xia Ran said: "Of course I didn't say that the red-haired wizard is Barty Crouch. The red-haired wizard is most likely a Death Eater. When Barty Crouch faced black magic, he was still able to Stick to the bottom line and not fall." After a slight pause, he continued: "I am talking about his son, Barty Crouch Jr., who is an extremely loyal Death Eater. This incident was very troublesome at the time. Big, very sensational, you probably haven’t forgotten it, right?”

"I will never forget it," Lupine said softly. "Barty Crouch was a member of the most determined camp to resist black magic, but his own son turned out to be one of the most loyal Death Eaters to the mysterious man. , it’s really shocking. At that time, many people were criticizing Barty Crouch, saying that he was too neglectful of family ties and focused on seeking power. In the end, this also caused him to lose the position of Minister of Magic that was easily available to him. Fudge is the new Minister for Magic."

"Ha." Snape suddenly sneered and said, "Xia Ran, I think you may have forgotten that Barty Crouch Jr. died shortly after entering Azkaban Prison because he could not resist the temptation. He died in prison because of his addiction to happiness."

"That's false." Xia Ran said, "The deceased Barty Crouch Jr. was his mother. Shortly after being imprisoned, Mrs. Crouch entrusted her to serve as a senior official of the Ministry of Magic because of her love for her son. Her husband, Barty Crouch, replaced her son in prison with herself. Polyjuice Potion, Professor Snape, you must know the effects of Polyjuice Potion."

Snape nodded. As a master of potions, he had brewed countless polyjuice potions.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at each other guiltily. Last school year, they prepared to brew Polyjuice Potion, pretended to enter the Slytherin lounge, and learned from Draco Malfoy. Find information about the secret room.

But in the end, this plan failed to come to fruition, and the secret room incident was successfully resolved.

"Think about it, did Mrs. Crouch and the so-called Barty Crouch Jr. in prison die both front and back?" Xia Ran smiled, "I once went to the Crouch family manor once for business. Some secrets were discovered. Barty Crouch Jr. should be controlled by Barty Crouch, perhaps using the Imperius Curse, and he is mainly taken care of by the house elf of the Crouch family, Winky."

Snape still had a questioning look on his face.

"We will not discuss whether it is true or false for now. Assuming that what you said, Xia Ran, is true, but Barty Crouch, after getting rid of his father's control, what did he come to Hogwarts for?" Lupin Confused.

When Dumbledore heard this, he seemed to have thought of something, and said softly: "He may have rescued Voldemort from the Albanian forest. This time he took the opportunity to sneak into Hogwarts, and he also followed Voldemort's orders."

Lupine, Snape, and Ron's expressions all twisted and twitched strangely.

"Professor, are you saying that he wants to capture Harry?" Hermione asked.

"But I attended the Halloween party. He shouldn't have appeared at that time. Maybe it would have been better earlier." Harry said.

"Have you forgotten this man?" Xia Ran pointed to Peter Pettigrew who was tied up and lying on the ground, and said, "Peter Pettigrew's Animagus deformation should have been recognized by Voldemort, so he sent the minibus Ty Crouch took the opportunity to sneak into Hogwarts and contact Peter Pettigrew in order to capture Harry at a critical moment when he needed it."

Xia Ran still had something to say in her heart. If the red-haired wizard was really a Death Eater who obeyed Voldemort's orders, their plot against Harry should be the same as in the original time and space, in order to use Harry's blood to help Voldemort carry out a conspiracy. The perfect resurrection.

Although the actual effect is not perfect.

"Professor, isn't Voldemort dead? Is he resurrected?" Harry asked.

Xia Ran smiled and said, "I think the reason why he tried every possible means to catch you is to resurrect you."

"Catch me and resurrect me?" Harry said, confused, "I don't know the resurrection magic, why is he catching me?"

Lu Ping also frowned and said: "If he wants to be resurrected, he should look for the resurrection stone in the Deathly Hallows, right? If the legendary Deathly Hallows really exists."

"The Resurrection Stone cannot truly resurrect the dead. Voldemort's weird and strange state, I think the Resurrection Stone can't do anything about it." Xia Ran chuckled.

Snape said slowly: "Xia Ran, it seems that you are very familiar with the Resurrection Stone?"

Xia Ran decided not to hide anything. After all, if Kreacher, the house elf in Black's old house, would get the locket from him later, he would need Sirius's help. Then he would definitely disclose everything to him frankly, so even if he wanted to hide it, , it is only for a short period of a few months at most, it has no effect, but it can easily lead to a rift in the relationship between the two parties.

Furthermore, this is not something shameful, so why can’t it be told to everyone?

"What a coincidence, the Resurrection Stone is in my hand." Xia Ran smiled.

"What? The Resurrection Stone is in your hand? The Deathly Hallows really exist?!"

Except for Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who knew nothing about the Deathly Hallows, Snape, Lupine, and Sirius all looked super surprised.

Even Dumbledore was surprised.

The wand in his hand was the Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows, so he was not surprised at all that the Deathly Hallows really existed - Dumbledore also knew that the Invisibility Cloak passed down from Harry's family was one of the Deathly Hallows. One - it's just that Xia Ran owns the last Deathly Hallows, which still surprises him.

He had searched for the Deathly Hallows, but he had never had any clues about the Resurrection Stone.

How did Xia Ran obtain the Resurrection Stone?