Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

Dumbledore was used to Zhang Xu constantly bringing him surprises or shocks.

Dumbledore was shocked when Zhang Xu put Riddle's diary in front of him, and when Zhang Xu took Harry to the principal's office to confirm that Harry had a double yolk egg.

A year ago, after Dumbledore knew that Voldemort's Horcruxes were under control, he looked back on the process and suddenly discovered that Zhang was involved in every key node in dealing with the Horcruxes.

At this time, Dumbledore discovered that in this most critical and difficult level to eliminate Voldemort, apart from leading a team to a cave on the beach and doing some research, he seemed to have passed this level lying down. of.

Dumbledore would inevitably have some thoughts in his heart at this time: Zhang Xu was going for the Horcrux from the beginning.

In fact, the seeds of this idea emerged when Dumbledore was investigating Horcruxes.

But what puzzled Dumbledore was how Zhang Xu knew about this.

At first, Dumbledore thought it was Mr. Zhao's divination from the East, and then he told Zhang Xu this.

Later, Dumbledore discovered that Zhang Xu had lost his ability when using the time turner. At this time, he began to doubt what Zhang Xu had seen during time travel.

So he found an opportunity to ask Zhang Xu about the time turner in the cave where the locket was hidden, but Zhang Xu dismissed the question from the beginning.

Therefore, Dumbledore has always been puzzled on this matter. In the end, the issue could only be shelved.

After thinking about Zhang Xu, Dumbledore discovered that he was not the source of all these changes. He was just an executor, not the origin.

Dumbledore traced this line upwards, and suddenly found that he seemed to be the origin of it all.

Because he was the one who recruited Zhang Xu from the East, and the opportunity for this incident was also that he went to China on behalf of the Ministry of Magic to negotiate the extradition of Death Eaters.

Going back further, the reason why the Death Eaters were captured to grow sugar cane was because they were chasing the Scarlet family to Hong Kong.

The Death Eaters were hunting down the Scarlet family because Voldemort knew that this family was hidden and also had Slytherin blood. In order to ensure the uniqueness of his own blood, Voldemort issued the Dark Lord's killing order.

And the reason why Voldemort knows the secrets of the Scarlet family is

It is estimated...it seems...probably...maybe...maybe...

Dumbledore opened his eyes, and with a pair of blue and bright eyes, he looked at the cabinet where he stored so many memories...

It seems that he accidentally let it slip when he was chatting with the then-principal in the staff lounge, and at that moment, Riddle opened the door and walked in to ask him a question...

At this time, Dumbledore had the same idea of ​​destroying evidence as a child who had done something wrong.

"I heard from Zhang that the memory of fish only lasts seven seconds. As long as these memories are directed to the fish, they will soon disappear without a trace." Dumbledore muttered...

At the same time, by the fireplace in the common room of the Lion Court, there was also a person muttering something in a low voice.

Because of the curfew tonight, the students were driven back to the dormitory early by Professor McGonagall.

When it came time to find a prefect to be on duty in the common room tonight, Ron volunteered to take on the responsibility.

After Ron's repeated requests, Professor McGonagall could only hand over this task to him.

At this time, only Ron was sitting in front of the fireplace facing the flames in the common room.

Ron felt his head was in a mess, and the news brought to him by Professor Scarlet, who had returned with Ginny, was not very optimistic.

The only information that can be confirmed now is that Harry and Zhang Xu ran away and failed to return to Hogwarts for some reason.

Now that Harry and the others are still missing, Dumbledore thinks that it is better for Harry and the others to hide outside because he is worried that Voldemort will come back to Hogwarts tonight and target Harry. · Porter's Assassination.

Ron in front of the fireplace was thinking about Ginny lying in the ward, and worried about Harry who was missing. He wanted to do something for them, but suddenly found that he couldn't do anything at the moment.

"What kind of person are you?" Ron whispered to himself.

"They say they're not as smart as Hermione."

"They say their magic isn't strong enough than Harry's."

"They say their herbalism is not as good as Neville's."

"They said they were lucky enough to win the Triwizard Tournament, and Zhang didn't even participate."

"They said that they can't compare to Zhang from appearance to content...well, this is indeed inferior to..."

"They also said that they..."

Many students have always had some negative comments about Ron. It is not that he is unaware of this, he just pretends not to care.

And at this moment, when Ron was in trouble, these negative rumors appeared in his mind one by one.

"Am I really useless?" Ron asked himself in a low voice.

"At least I performed well on the Quidditch pitch." Ron found his strengths.

"But the final outcome between you and the mysterious man is not determined by the Quidditch game." Ron found that his advantages were useless at this moment.

"When your friend is in danger, do you have the courage to help him?" A voice that Ron had never heard before came from the flames of the fireplace.

"Of course." Ron replied subconsciously.

Ron was alert at this moment, because the flames in the fireplace could not speak, and Hogwarts was currently in a state of emergency, and the fireplace was not connected to the floo network.

"Maybe some ghost is playing a trick on me," Ron thought.

Although it stands to reason that the ghosts in Hogwarts Castle will help patrol around the castle at the moment, there are always some ghosts who like to fish, and there are also ghosts who like to play tricks on students occasionally.

"Really?" the voice in the flame said frivolously, "But I can't see it. I only see a young man sitting here who is doubting and denying himself."

Ron felt that the tone of this voice was somewhat familiar. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that this tone was somewhat similar to the Sorting Hat. It was normal for ghosts to imitate other people's voices to trick people or scare away Peeves, so Ron had no other ideas about it.

“You must have the courage to be confident before you have the courage to work.”

This sentence suddenly popped up in Ron's mind. He had accidentally seen it when he "learned" from Hermione's notes before. Hermione said that this was said by a tree man from Zhang Xu's country.

Later, when Ron was chatting with Zhang Xu, he curiously asked him whether tree people turned into trees when they reached a certain age. Do trees still bear fruit after becoming tree people? Zhang Xu had a confused expression at that time. Well, I still remember it now.

Ron took a deep breath and said to the flames in the fireplace: "People always feel that the road ahead is confused, and there are always times when they encounter troughs and setbacks. But these thorns on the road of life are not terrible, as long as Believe in yourself, muster up the courage, and then you can pick up the magic wand in your hand and cut through the obstacles and move forward.”

Ron had a bowl of it and I don’t know when

Chicken soup for the soul that someone Zhang fed him.

After finishing this bowl of chicken soup, Ron realized that his disappointment just now was irrelevant. Everyone had their own advantages. He didn't have to exploit his weaknesses and avoid his strengths. It was what he should do to discover and use his own strengths.

Ron just took the chicken soup and drank it for himself, and for a while he actually adjusted his mentality.

"Really? Then, let me see your courage?" The voice in the fireplace suddenly said to Ron.

Ron thought that the ghost hiding in the firewood was going to jump out and scare him, but he didn't expect that a sudden force came and pulled him into the fireplace.