Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2380 The Rabbit Who Predicts Death (middle)

   "I don't understand why it's dangerous if that law is there to prevent false accusations."

   asked Padma on the way to the meeting room.

"Because it only forbids slander, the fourth section of the Witchcraft Act, forbids any unlawful seance, if it's just a joke, it's not a psychic, and once you've been summoned, and you haven't got permission, Then you will be convicted," explained Georgiana.

   "What does that have to do with me?" Padma said.

   "Don't you like divination very much?" asked Georgiana.

   "Professor Tenilaoni's divination is not always very effective, and her 'Tianmu' is always working and not working." Padma complained, "I find that she sometimes talks nonsense."

   "The 'Tianmu' is a talent, even among wizards, it is rare." Georgiana said, "Usually divination uses spiritual bodies."

  Padma didn't listen at all, and Georgiana didn't bother to talk.

   Then they came to the door of the meeting room, and the servant opened it for them.

   "...So he lived on the island for more than ten years until he was discovered by a passing American ship."

   When they entered the meeting room, a man was talking loudly.

   "There was only one adult male on the entire island at that time, and the rest were his children."

   "What are you talking about?" Georgiana asked the scholars.

   "Good day, ma'am." The chubby middle-aged man who just spoke turned his head and bowed to Georgiana. "We are talking about an anecdote that just happened."

  Georgianna waited for him to speak, only to find that he was not going to speak.

"It's a ship called 'Bonnie', ma'am," said the tall, thin man next to him. "It set off from Tahiti, missed the monsoon, and then there was a rebellion on board, and the sailors were going to kill the captain, and then They hijacked the ship and became pirates. They came to a deserted island, but the ship caught fire not long after they arrived on the island, and everyone could not return to the civilized world. During the process of exploration, they found that there were still indigenous people on the island. They were also able to work together to fight the natives, although the natives were strong, they had guns, when the last native man also jumped off the cliff, the sailors got the native women, the war ended with the sailors winning, however A new disagreement began, the island's resources were scarce, and in order to compete for a better place, the sailors began to attack each other, whoever was stronger would have more food, in 1799, only John and Yang were left as men, two The 10-year war was over, but only a year later Young died of asthma, and John was the only grown man left on the island."

   "How did this happen?" asked Georgiana.

   "There was an American merchant ship, they were passing by a deserted island and they found smoke from cooking, and the sailors rowed to the deserted island, and John was teaching those children a lesson in English and the British way."

   "Cough cough." Someone suddenly coughed.

  Georgianna disagreed, knowing the nationality of the ship when she heard it was called "Bonnie".

   "Please sit down, gentlemen," said Georgiana, and took the lead, with Padma sitting next to her, and no one thought there was a problem, like they were in the salon.

   She was thinking about how to speak when a group of soldiers came in, holding a pile of books in their hands.

   "What is this doing?" asked Georgiana.

   "The First Presidency asked us to bring the books here, ma'am," said one of the lieutenants, and the others put the books in a corner.

   Everyone watched them go in and out, and it took a while for her to remember the purpose of the meeting.

   "Have you heard of Hamwas? He is the fourth son of Ramses II." Georgiana asked.

   Scholars looked at each other.

   "I think, I seem to have seen this name." A middle-aged man said "I saw this name in the Library of Alexandria."

   "Tell me more," said Georgiana.

"The library of Alexandria suffered a fire during the time of Caesar, and many books and papyrus were burned. Antony took 200,000 volumes from the Royal Library of the Atari Dynasty in the ancient city of Pergama and gave them to Cleopatra. , as compensation for Caesar's burning of books, in these royal collections I found the name of Prince Hamvas. That book is about the establishment of the Library of Alexandria during the Ptolemaic period, and Eumenes II's visit to Pergama The process of creating a library comparable to that of Alexandria."

   "What did he say?" asked Padma.

   "Go and call Philip," Georgiana said to the guards, and then to Padma, "He said just now about the establishment of the library of Alexandria and the library of Pergama."

   "Where is Padma?" Padma asked.

   "Do you know where the ancient city is?" asked Georgiana.

   "Take out the map," said the middle-aged man.

   Then another person spread a map of the Mediterranean on the table from his briefcase.

"Probably in this area." He pointed to the location of the Anatoly Peninsula and the Balque Valley and said, "It is said that the Acropolis of Pergama was built on a high mountain. It was originally an Asian city. With Alexander the Great's eastward expedition, Greece began here. In the Acropolis there is also a colonnade built by Eumenes II and named after him, during his reign the Pergamons invented parchment, because the ancient Egyptians stopped supplying papyrus, and later this writing method spread to In medieval Europe, the earliest form was a scroll, which was later changed to a book."

   "Okay, I see." Georgiana looked away from the map. "Eumenes II wants to create a library that is not inferior to the Library of Alexandria, then what?"

"The book collection at that time was like a large treasure hunt. Although the books were expensive, book lovers from official to private people were willing to pay high prices, which brewed a lot of counterfeiters and made huge fortunes by forging manuscripts. The veil of these forgeries requires advanced knowledge, so the contents of the royal library are credible." The man sighed "The Ptolemaic madness for books is unprecedented, and it exceeds the vanity of the king, especially It was Ptolemy I, who was originally a general under Alexander the Great..."

   "The first ruler is also a general." Georgiana interrupted him. "You can't say that generals don't like reading."

"He once carried the body of Alexander I into Memphis. Although the ancient Egyptian capital Thebes and other cities were later established, they still could not affect the status of Memphis, including the reign of Ramses II. He also established the capital there, although he Not satisfied with the place, he built a new city as the capital ten years after he ascended the throne. Prince Hamwas is the high priest of the **** Memphis Puta, knowledgeable and respectful of ancient culture, and has repaired many temples. He has a The son's name is Theodore. He was gifted from an early age and outperformed everyone else in Memphis at the age of 12. One day they saw a funeral on the side of the road. The deceased was a rich man, and on the same day there was a poor man. When he died, he was wrapped in a broken mat and was about to be dragged to the desert for burial. Prince Hamvas took Theosier to the underworld to watch their situation. Prince Hamvas found a magic book, Ptolemy I He seemed to want to find it too, so he collected books everywhere and accidentally built the Library of Alexandria."

   The congregation began to whisper.

   "Do you know the name of that magic book?" asked Georgiana.

   The man shook his head.

   "What's your name?" asked Georgiana.

   He was about to speak when Philip came in.

   "Jacques Champollion, I'm a bookseller," said the man who told an exaggerated story.

  Georgianna laughed. "You'll have a gifted son too."

  Jacques Champollion was stunned for a moment, and Georgiana stopped talking, thinking about what questions to ask next.

   Pitcairn Island, the smallest British colony, the name of the boat is bounty

   (end of this chapter)