Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

Chapter 323: Burning Zhangjialou

The last game of the Quidditch match between the three schools was about to begin. In the stands of the Quidditch stadium, Zhang Xu, Drogba, Romanov and the Yamada brothers were sitting in the auditorium talking about the last game. Gewurz vs. Durmstrang.

Just while chatting, several other people looked at Gabrielle, who had been sticking to Zhang Xu whenever there was an opportunity in the past few days, with a slightly subtle look. After they learned that Gabrielle was Zhang Xu's sister-in-law, they were so jealous that they almost separated.

The game the day before yesterday can be described as tragic.

Durmstrang used killing tactics from the beginning. Fred was taken off the field less than two minutes into the game, and his position was taken over by the all-purpose substitute Zhang Xu.

Although Zhang Xu can also play impressively as a batter, compared to the twin brothers who have an incredible tacit understanding, the power of the combination of Zhang Xu and George is still lower.

However, five minutes later, Ron was hit in the face by a deliberate Quaffle from the Durmstrang Chaser. As a result, Ron became (?_●).

From then on, the atmosphere on the court became heated.

Zhang Xu and George kept hitting the heads of Durmstrang players with Bludgers, as if they would lose if they didn't hit half of them.

In the end, Harry Potter, whose face was covered with blood, caught the Golden Snitch. Half of the players on the Hogwarts side had been replaced. All the players on the field were injured, but there was no one on the Durmstrang side. Players can be changed.

Fortunately, Ron, who was slightly injured and could not get out of the firing line, still played well. In addition, George used his body to help him block several Bludgers before being carried off the field. This made Durmstrang's goal rate not high. When Harry Potter finally caught the Golden Snitch, Hogwarts was only fifty points behind.

It was just that when Gabri was applying medicine to Zhang Xu's unfortunate nose after the game, Zhang felt that he should have been injured more seriously.

The Hogwarts team, which has won two games, now has a points difference of 270 points.

Theoretically, one of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang's teams can win a massacre, and then grab the Golden Snitch after scoring 130 points, so that they can win the final championship.

Just when the game was about to start, Dumbledore called Zhang Xu away.

In the corridor behind the Quidditch pitch, Dumbledore handed Zhang Xu a copy of the Daily Prophet with a straight face.

On the front page, there was another photo of the Black Devil's symbol floating in the night sky, but this photo was taken in a somewhat special location. Below the Black Devil's symbol was Zhang Xu's villa, which was burning with raging fire.

Dumbledore looked at Zhang Xu's twitching face and didn't know how to comfort him. He couldn't say things like "It's the way it is, there's no need to be sad."

At this time, Zhang Xu was already furious. Although he was ready for Voldemort and the Death Eaters to attack him, he didn't expect that they would actually burn down his house. Wasn't Lao Ma afraid that he would tie the pony up with rocks? Did the block sink to the bottom of the lake?

Although there was nothing particularly valuable in the villa except for the laptop containing the complete collection of "Harry Potter" novels, it didn't mean that it could be burned by the Death Eaters.

Especially the books in the study are almost all copies of Slytherin's collection, many of which are treasures coveted by dark wizards.

If only the Death Eaters had searched the villa before burning it down...

Thinking of this, Zhang Xu suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and thought of something.

"Professor, I have to rush back immediately." Zhang Xu said to Dumbledore with a dark face.

"Okay." Dumbledore replied simply.

Next, Dumbledore directly turned the "Daily Prophet" into a door key and handed it to Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu spent two minutes saying hello to the friends he had just met, and made an appointment to write letters to everyone when they were free. After making an appointment with the two brothers Yamada Guinong and Yamada Hakumitsu to go to Akihabara together during the summer vacation, Zhang Xu spent another ten minutes. After a few minutes of comforting the pouting Gabrielle, she finally activated the portkey and left beside the Quidditch pitch.

The destination of the portkey was near Zhang Xu's villa. Zhang Xu, who had just landed, accidentally stepped on a stone and slipped.

Fortunately, someone on the side helped him in time.

Zhang Xu turned his head and was about to thank the kind person, but after seeing the person who helped him clearly, his eyes immediately became sharp.

"I'm not, I don't have it, I can establish evidence!" Lucius Malfoy said, shaking his hands at a frequency of 20 Hz.

"Then who is it?" Zhang Xu looked at Lao Ma with squinted eyes and said.

"I can't betray that woman." Lucius Malfoy continued shaking his head.

"If I find out that this matter is related to you, you can go to the bottom of the lake to find your son." Zhang Xu, who was full of murderous intent, said to Lao Ma.

Then Zhang Xu ignored Lucius Malfoy, who had been waiting here for fear that his precious son would be angered, and walked straight to the scene of the fire.

Lao Ma just revealed enough information to protect his son, and he has already pointed out the culprit.

Zhang Xu's villa was completely destroyed by fire, and even now, there is still a lot of white smoke floating among the ruins.

Many residents of Hogsmeade were watching from the outside. When they saw Zhang Xu coming back, they all moved out of the way.

When Zhang Xu passed by Mr. Frum, the owner of Honeydukes Candy Shop, Mr. Frum stuffed Zhang Xu with a bag of candies and told him not to be too sad.

Next to the ruins of the villa, Professor McGonagall and Scarlet stood next to Minister of Magic Fudge and Director of the Auror Office Rufus Scrimgeour, watching several Aurors searching for useful clues in the ruins.

Several people saw the dark-faced Zhang Xu approaching and greeted him one after another.

Zhang Xu directly went to the Minister of Magic Fudge and asked him in an emotionless voice: "Mr. Minister, when a man escaped from Azkaban three years ago, there was something wrong around Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. There are few dementors on guard. But this time dozens of people escaped from Azkaban, and there were even incidents of escaped prisoners attacking people near Hogsmeade before. Why haven't we seen half a dementor at this time? ?”

At this time, Fudge has changed a lot from when he came to Hogwarts before the start of school last year. His boundaries have moved a lot, and he looks a lot more haggard.

Faced with Zhang Xu's questioning, he could only say something like "We, Britain, have its own national conditions again". He did not have the aura of being the head of the British Ministry at all. Rufus Scrimgeour frowned as he watched. Wrinkled.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Xu couldn't find any more trouble with him, so he approached the reliable Rufus Scrimgeour.

Rufus Scrimgeour introduced the relevant information they currently know to Zhang Xu.

The first person to notice the fire was a drunkard who came out of the Pig's Head Bar at around three in the morning. At the same time, he also saw the rising Dark Mark.

By the time the Aurors arrived, the fire was out of control.

According to the on-site investigation by the Aurors afterwards, they could only know that someone had cast several fire spells on the house, but other than that, no other useful clues were found.

After listening to Scrimgeour's story, Zhang Xu asked a few questions. After learning that there was no second place in Hogsmeade or even the entire UK that was attacked by Death Eaters last night, Zhang Xu walked into the ruins. .

After walking into the ruins, Zhang Xu discovered that Professor Flitwick was also walking among the ruins, carefully searching for clues in the ruins like the Aurors.

"Sorry to trouble you, Professor Flitwick." Zhang Xu thanked the disgraced Professor Flitwick.

"You're back, Zhang." Professor Flitwick raised his head and saw Zhang Xu, and cast a cleaning spell on himself to make himself as clean and tidy as in class.

"Why bother to teach you?" Zhang Xu said to Professor Flitwick embarrassedly.

"They were not careful and missed a lot of clues." Professor Flitwick pointed at several Aurors nearby and said, "They even got a few of the wizards who cast the Fire Curse wrong."

The several Aurors named by Professor Flitwick had nothing to say. After all, they were all Professor Flitwick's students back then.

Zhang Xu, who already knew what was going on, took Professor Flitwick and Rufus Scrimgeour directly to the study. After turning over a few pieces of charcoal, he found a metal block under the charcoal that had been slightly deformed by the fire. , and then found a small piece of melted metal embedded in the wood not far away.

Zhang Xu held the two metal blocks in both hands and said to Scrimgeour, who was standing beside him: "There is a door with a lock at this location. The two pieces I have in my hand are the lock body and the lock box. The two items are now separated, indicating that the originally closed doorway was open at the time of the fire.”

Scrimgeour immediately called a few Aurors who were conducting clueless inspections in the ruins, and asked them to search for traces of room door locks based on the locations of the rooms pointed out by Zhang Xu.

The Aurors had no way of knowing some of the details inside the house, so they could only rely on Zhang Xu to provide them with clues.

A few minutes later, the Aurors found that all the room doors were open.

Hearing the news, Zhang Xu's face turned even darker.

There were some things in his bedroom that the Death Eaters couldn't get.

Next, Zhang Xu and the Aurors searched carefully in the study room. They found that except for the laptop and mobile phone that had been burned into a pile, the bookshelves in the study room had been emptied when the fire broke out.

After searching the study, Zhang Xu and Scrimgeour left the ruins after telling him to notify him if there was any new information. After all, there are some places that are difficult to inspect under the noses of Aurors.

On the way back to Hogwarts after leaving Hogsmeade, Professor McGonagall said to Zhang Xu: "Don't be too sad, Mr. Zhang."

"It's okay, Professor McGonagall. Thank you for coming here early in the morning to help contact the Aurors." Zhang Xu shook his head and said to Professor McGonagall, "Money is something external to the body, and if it is gone, it is gone. I have done my best to make a living from the beginning. Be prepared for something like this.”

"By the way, we won two consecutive victories at Beauxbatons. If there are no surprises, we will be the champion of this year's three-school Quidditch competition."

"Are you going to just let it go?" Walking on the other side of Zhang Xu, Scarlet didn't give Zhang Xu a chance to change the subject.

"That's all." Zhang Xu shrugged and said, "I can't just knock on the door."

Professor McGonagall: "Just don't be too impulsive."

Scarlet: "Haha."

Professor Flitwick remained silent.

The group returned to Hogwarts Castle. When they first entered the foyer, Hermione, who had just walked out of the corridor leading to the basement, saw Zhang Xu and hurriedly ran over, pulling Zhang Xu away.

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