[HP] Prisoner of Nurmengard

Dilapidated houses, empty roads, and sun-drying fields that seem to be soybean-like plants, this is the nearest village to the forest swamp. Voldemort had been busy in the Muggle world for two months, Hogwarts had already started school, and his construction company was finally in full swing. As for whether someone would come to him to talk about business, he didn't really care about it.

Firstly, his main purpose was not to make money, and secondly, neither Severus nor the Death Eaters would leave him alone, so he didn't have to worry too much.So as soon as the stall was rolled out, he couldn't wait to come to this village to investigate. In order to deceive others, he would go to a few more places in the future. Of course, the ultimate goal was this vast forest and swamp.

Even though Voldemort had checked the information before coming here, he knew that this generation was very remote and sparsely populated, and there were not many people in this village, but after coming for nearly 10 minutes, he still didn't see a single person active in the village. I wonder if this is an abandoned village.Even the plants drying in the grain drying yard and the clothes drying in the yard told him otherwise.

Dario, the assistant chosen by Severus for Voldemort, took a step forward and was about to say something, when the long brown-haired woman walking on the other side of Voldemort spoke first.She pointed to the newest house in the village and said, "Sir, why don't we go to that family and ask." Although that house is also very dilapidated, it is already the best choice compared to other houses in the village.

Voldemort glanced at the speaking woman, looked at the house he was pointing at, and nodded in agreement.Although they are not familiar with this village, since this family can live in the best house in the village, they must have the best conditions in the village. They may be the village head, even if it is not, it should be easier to communicate with other villagers.And that was what Voldemort wanted.

As for the woman who spoke, it was Natasha, a Muggle assistant recruited by the construction company Voldemort had set up.Although he was his assistant in name, in fact Voldemort didn't plan to have Natasha with her, and he didn't even plan to take her with him on this trip.However, this assistant seemed to have a lot of thought, knowing that Voldemort could not drive, he automatically sat in the driver's seat.

Although Dario could drive, Voldemort, who was too troublesome, didn't bother to worry about this issue, so he acquiesced to let Natasha come with him.And he also wanted to know what this Natasha wanted to do.Is it a commercial spy sent by another company, or does she really want to marry him into a rich family like she shows, although no matter what the truth is, he is not interested in a Muggle woman.

Just as he guessed, the owner of that house was indeed the village head of this village. Hearing that Voldemort was a big businessman who wanted to invest here, his smiling expression became more enthusiastic.To be honest, there are quite a few outsiders who have settled in their village over the years, most of them are expedition teams or scientific research teams. Although these people are passing tourists, they will bring some benefits to the village every time.

So despite the trouble every time, the village still welcomes these outsiders.Unlike those scientists and explorers, Voldemort came as an investor.What does the investor represent?If he really wants to invest here, it means that this village will not be as poor and backward as it is now, and it doesn't seem like a part of Britain.

Voldemort wanted to invest, and the village head welcomed him to invest. The two hit it off immediately, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became.It made Natasha, who had been silent all this time, very strange. She was surprised when Voldemort came to this deserted place.She has also been in the industry for five years, and she has accumulated a certain amount of experience, but she doesn't see any investment value in this place at all.

But Natasha knew very well that this was Voldemort's first big move since the establishment of the company. If she refuted it directly, no matter what she said was right or wrong, she would not get appreciative glances.Besides, Dario, Voldemort's confidant who has always been with him, didn't speak, and she, a newcomer who just joined the company, had no room to speak.

After sitting at the village chief's house for a while, Voldemort asked the village chief to show them around. Since they were planning to invest, it was naturally impossible to just listen to the village chief's opinion.Even if it was just a feint, Voldemort did it very meticulously, and walked almost all the places around the village. During the period, the village chief suggested many times that he would take a rest before continuing to investigate.

But every time, Voldemort refused with a look of high interest, so the village chief had no choice but to wipe off his sweat and risk his life to accompany the gentleman.However, what puzzled Voldemort was that, looking at the village chief's hand and the calluses on his hands, he was not a person who didn't do farm work. After walking for a while, how could he feel that he couldn't bear it and called to stop frequently?

Voldemort believed that there must be something hidden in it, and as for what it was, he couldn't guess it for a while. Voldemort and the village chief walked around the village several times, and finally he found a cave in a mountain depression.Although the entrance of this cave is hidden, it is not overgrown with weeds. It is obvious that people often come in and out.

I don't know if this is the secret of this village, Voldemort thought about it, but he pretended not to understand at all and expressed interest in exploring the cave.Sure enough, after hearing what Voldemort said, the village head became a little anxious, and quickly dissuaded him: "No, cave exploration is very dangerous. We are not professionals and we don't have professional equipment. Let's go back first."

Voldemort pretended to be very excited and did not listen to dissuasion, and insisted on going into the cave, "I see that the cave is quite spacious, so there shouldn't be any danger, right? Anyway, let's go in and have a look. If it's really not easy, we can go in again Come back, there will be no problem." Although Daario didn't know Voldemort's intentions, he still tried his best to support his master.

Natasha was worried about the worst situation, but she had no plans to confront Voldemort yet.So it was one to three, and the village chief couldn't be too persistent, because if his reaction was too big, it might arouse the suspicion of Voldemort and the others, so he had no choice but to agree to let him go into the cave to find out.Fortunately for him at this time, there were not many artificial traces in the hole.

The four of them entered the cave relying on a flashlight brought by the village head. The cave was not wide, but the road under their feet was very flat.Fortunately, this cave is not too long. Although the four of them spared a long time, according to Voldemort's estimation, the straight-line distance should not exceed ten meters.

After turning around five or six big bends, Voldemort finally saw the bright light ahead, and the entrance of the cave was here.Walking out of the cave, a large sea of ​​plants appeared in front of them.Looking at this magnificent scene, Rao Yi stayed with Voldemort's concentration for a while before he could react and asked, "What kind of plant is this?" His herbal medicine grade was O, but he had never seen this kind of plant.

"I don't know, it seems to be Poppies, right?" The village head hesitated and said.In fact, of course he knew what these plants were, but he could only act as if he didn't know anything. He really didn't know whether it was right or wrong to receive Voldemort and his party this time. "This is poppies." Voldemort pretended not to notice anything unusual about the village chief, and sighed as he quietly put away some plant samples.

Things have progressed to the present, and Voldemort has been able to basically confirm that this is where the secret of the village lies, and there must be a huge secret hidden in these plants.poppy? Voldemort would never believe that plants like poppies, which had nothing unusual about them, were worth the village chief's efforts to hide their existence. These plants would definitely not be poppies.

After discovering the secret hidden by the village chief, Voldemort finally stopped wandering around and returned to the village with the village chief.It was getting late at this time, and since there was really nothing to entertain them in the village, the village chief suggested eating in the nearest town.Voldemort had no problem with that, and he didn't want to abuse his stomach.

When returning to the town, Natasha was still driving, the village chief consciously sat in the passenger seat, and Voldemort and Dario sat in the back seat.When we arrived in the town, it was almost in time for the meal, and the village head showed Natasha the way and drove the car to the best restaurant in the town.The best restaurant is a relative term, but for a wizard who can tolerate places like the Leaky Cauldron, this is certainly tolerable.

This actually surprised the village chief and Natasha who were worried that Voldemort would not be able to adapt to the rough environment here. It seemed that he did not come back to this kind of place at all, but he did not raise any objections to the environment here. Voldemort smiled slightly, seeing their astonishment, but he didn't mean to explain, he didn't have the obligation and didn't want to mention the past.

Seeing this, the village head immediately realized his gaffe, and quickly called the waiter to take them to the box.Since this is the best restaurant in the town, naturally the most famous people in the town will come to eat here.Along the way, the village chief met many acquaintances, most of whom were officials from the town, and one of the people who seemed to have the closest relationship with the village chief was the town official in charge of business.

Voldemort thought deeply for a moment. It seems that the village chief is really not simple. Although he doesn't know much about the Muggle world, he also knows that the close relationship between the village chief of a deserted small village and the officials of the town#government is the same. A very unusual thing.He hadn't planned to explore the reason right away, but when they entered the box, the official in charge of business followed in uninvited.

Voldemort frowned, he didn't like this kind of rude behavior, but since someone came to him and insisted on giving him the handle, he couldn't refuse, could he?Even Voldemort didn't object, Dario and Natasha certainly didn't want to kick people out, although Natasha was very uncomfortable with the business official's naked eyes as if he wanted to eat her alive.

After ordering food, several people began to chat. After the introduction of the village chief, they knew that the official's name was Primo.Even though Primo seemed to be more interested in Natasha, he still restrained himself from turning the topic to Voldemort, like now, "I heard from Tony that Mr. Voldemort runs a large construction company, he is really young and promising ah."

Voldemort maintained a polite smile.Young and promising. In the Muggle world, he often heard people say that. If they knew that he was born in 1926, he didn't know what they would think.He seemed really old when he thought about it, even Severus' Red was engaged.But it only took him a moment to think of Gellert who was born in the last century, so he is still very young indeed!

The author has something to say: I will go to work tomorrow, and I will go to work at 07:30 tomorrow morning, and I will have two days off every month. TT