Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

No, he knew it was a Horcrux, but he thought it was a destroyed Horcrux, but he didn't expect it to be intact.

Half an hour later, the three returned to Dumbledore's office again, and Harry watched Dumbledore put the ring on his right hand with apprehension.

"Fortunately, we found this ring and had the opportunity to communicate face-to-face with the 15-year-old Riddle inside, which will be of great help to our future plans." Dumbledore said, seemingly unaware of Harry's gaze "Next, I will show you another crucial memory, which is what happened after Riddle graduated from Hogwarts. That is, in this memory, there is hidden information about the home of the house elves... "

Chapter 1419 Voldemort Leaving Hogwarts

Ai Wen came to the spirit, the intelligence of the house elf home.

According to the schedule, Riddle should graduate from Hogwarts.In school, due to Dumbledore's close attention, there are many things he dare not do and cannot do, especially after the secret room time, he knows that he has aroused Dumbledore's suspicion again, so he will definitely be more careful, what will not do.

It's conceivable that an adult Voldemort would become unscrupulous once he graduates from Hogwarts.

Because without Dumbledore's monitoring, he didn't have so many restrictions.

"In the memories we are about to see, Riddle has graduated and left Hogwarts." Sure enough, Dumbledore said, "I hope you can understand that as he grows older and stronger, Now the situation before us has become more blurred and weird. If it is difficult to find evidence about the young Riddle, it is almost impossible to find someone who can remember the adult Voldemort. In fact, I doubt that anyone other than himself , is there a living person who can give us a detailed account of his life after leaving Hogwarts."

"However, I am delighted to have found this memory. It is also a very important memory, as it may have revealed to us another of Voldemort's Horcruxes, as well as information about the home of the house-elves." Take out a small crystal bottle, the color of the memory inside is not that pearly white, but a kind of sticky light yellow, "I hope you are not tired of sneaking into other people's memories, because this memory is different from what you saw before. Except, it came from a very old house-elf, her name was Hotkey."

"Hokey the house elf?" Ai Wen asked.

"Yes, the family she used to serve is the last descendant of Helga Hufflepuff in this world. This kind of inheritance is a bit like Slytherin and the former Gaunt family." Dumbledore said, "This is a very important memory, but before I look at it, I must tell you how Voldemort left Hogwarts."

"Well, as you may have guessed, he advanced to the seventh grade with the best grades in every exam. The students around are thinking about what career they want to pursue after graduation, and almost everyone thinks that Tom Riddle will have Amazing achievements, he is a prefect, a top student, and has received special awards from the school. I know several teachers, including Professor Slughorn, who suggested he enter the Ministry of Magic and offered to introduce him, but he would not Rejected. Later the faculty learned that he had gone to work at Borgin-Bock."

"Boggin-Bock?" Harry was stunned for a moment, this was something that surprised him again tonight, Dumbledore said a lot about Voldemort's secret past that no one knew, and every one of them was enough to cause an uproar , even if Harry is mentally prepared, it will take a long time to digest hearing this all at once.

Thinking of this, he looked at Aiwen next to him in admiration. Aiwen's expression basically didn't change much...

"Professor, you mean that Voldemort worked at Borgin-Bock?"

"That's right, Borgin-Bock, that is the black magic shop we are already familiar with." Dumbledore said calmly, "When you enter Hao Qi's memory, you will see what attracts him to that place." It's great, but it wasn't Voldemort's first choice. No one knew it at the time. I was one of the few people who heard the old headmaster talk about it. Voldemort first went to Professor Dippet, my former Hogwarts headmaster, Ask him if he can stay and teach at Hogwarts."

"He wants to stay here?" Harry was even more surprised that Voldemort actually wanted to stay at Hogwarts!

This is simply unbelievable. From the previous description, he thought that Voldemort planned to leave Hogwarts as soon as possible to escape Dumbledore's monitoring!

Ivan also thought about it quickly. There is no doubt that Hogwarts is very attractive to Voldemort.

If it were him, he would choose to stay at Hogwarts as well.Many people think that Aiwen is so strong, why should he stay in Hogwarts to study.In fact, there are still many magical mysteries waiting to be explored and discovered in this ancient magic academy...

"Yes, Voldemort wanted to stay at Hogwarts. I believe he had several reasons, although he didn't tell Professor Dippet any of them." Dumbledore replied, "First of all, the very important one is that Voldemort He has more attachment to the school than to any individual. There is every reason to believe that Hogwarts was his happiest place, the first and only place where he felt like home."

"Second, this castle is a stronghold of ancient magic. There are not many such places in the current wizarding world. Voldemort has undoubtedly discovered more secrets here than most students, but he may feel that there are still many unsolved Mysteries, and many magical treasures to discover."

"Thirdly, as a teacher, he can have a great influence over young wizards. This idea may come from Professor Slughorn, the professor with whom he has the best relationship. Slughorn made him Seeing how much of an impact a teacher can have, I never thought Voldemort was planning to stay at Hogwarts for the rest of his life, I think he saw it as a good place to recruit and build a team for himself."

Recruiting Death Eaters from Hogwarts is more reliable than looking for those outlaws, giants, werewolves, vampires and so on.

"Of course, Voldemort didn't get the job in the end." Dumbledore continued, "Professor Dippet said he was talented, too young, but he is welcome to apply again in two years, if he still wants to teach by then .”

"So Professor, what do you think of this matter?"

"Very disturbing." Dumbledore said, "I sincerely suggest that Armando not hire him. I didn't give the reasons I just said, because Professor Dippet likes Voldemort very much and believes in his honesty, but I don't want Voldemort returning to this school, especially in a position of power."

Dumbledore's reputation was very high at the time, and he was not an ordinary professor.Soon afterwards, he went to Nurmengard alone, defeated the powerful Grindelwald, ended the chaos caused by the first generation of Dark Lord Grindelwald and the large-scale war in the entire European magic world, and succeeded Hogwart The position of headmaster.

Therefore, his opinion is very important and has largely influenced Professor Dippet's decision.

When he became the headmaster, Voldemort would have no chance to return to Hogwarts.

In other words, the reason why Voldemort did not teach at Hogwarts after graduation was mainly because Dumbledore prevented him.

"Professor, what position did Voldemort want to get? What class did he want to teach?" Harry asked subconsciously.

As soon as he finished speaking, before Dumbledore answered, he thought of the answer.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts was taught by an old professor named Galatea Meles, who has been at Hogwarts for nearly 50 years." Dumbledore said, "Just now in Sla In Ghorn's memory, we all saw that Voldemort already knew about the impending retirement of Professor Mellors..."

Chapter 1420 Gold Cup

"In short, Armando rejected Voldemort's application to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts." Dumbledore said, "After the application was rejected, he went to Borgin-Bock shop, and all the teachers who admired him said it was a pity that such a Brilliant young wizards went to work as clerks. But Voldemort was not just any clerk, he was polite, handsome and intelligent, and soon got a special job that only a place like Borgin-Bock could have. You all know, This shop specializes in selling magic items that don't have special properties or are priceless. Voldemort was sent to persuade people to give treasures to sell in the shop, and it is said that he was particularly good at it."

"I believe it!" said Harry.

"I believe it too, but this is exactly what we should be careful about, Professor." Ivan followed up. It was precisely because he knew too well what Voldemort was good at and what was scary that he didn't trust the guy in the ring. If Dumbledore Lido had better be careful what he was going to do with 15-year-old Riddle.

Now Voldemort has gained powerful magical powers, but lost the power of camouflage and demagoguery.

The 15-year-old Riddle in the ring is not there. He is very weak, but he is very good at confusing others.

"Yes, yes, I will pay attention!" said Dumbledore with a feeble smile, "Now, you should listen to the memory of the house-elf Hokey, whose master was an old, very Rich witch named Hepzibah Smith."

Dumbledore said, pouring the memory in the crystal bottle he had just taken out into the Pensieve.

"Come on, you go in first, Ivan, and pay attention to the golden cup we are about to see."

gold cup?Hufflepuff's Cup? !Voldemort's other Horcrux? !

Could it be that the specific location of the house elf's home has something to do with the Gold Cup?

With all kinds of questions, Ivan entered the Pensieve.

He fell somersaulting through the dark void into a living room.

Alvin saw that appearing in front of him was a very fat, very fat old lady, wearing a delicate ginger wig, and a gorgeous pink gown spread around her, making her look like a melting piece. ice cream cake.

She was facing a small jeweled mirror, applying rouge to her already brightly red cheeks with a large powder puff.

One of the smallest and oldest house-elfs in the world, presumably Hokey the house-elf, was fitting a pair of tight satin buckle buckles on the fat old lady's feet.

"Hurry up, Hao Qi!" Hepziba said imperiously. "He said to come at four o'clock, and it's only two minutes away. He's never been late."

She tucked away her powder puff, and the house-elf straightened up until her head reached Hepzibah's cushion, and the papery skin hung from the frame like the fine linen robe she wore.

"How am I?" Hepzibah asked, turning her head to admire her mirrored face from every angle.

"It's beautiful, ma'am," Hao Qi said sharply.

It was so embarrassing for the house-elf that she had to grit her teeth and lie when she got back to the question, because Hepzibah Smith was far from beautiful, but she obviously wouldn't have tolerated any other answer from her house-elf.

Ai Wen guessed that maybe this kind of torture was the main reason why Hao Qi looked so thin and old.

You know, house elves are not good at lying, especially when facing their masters, but at this moment, Hao Qi has to lie...

It is said that in ancient times, a witch who was confident in her appearance but was actually ugly made a magic mirror.

She asks the mirror every day, "Magic mirror, magic mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?" Although she is asking the magic mirror, she can only answer one thing, that is, she is the most beautiful woman in the world. beautiful woman.

Because the witch asks this question every morning, noon and night, finally, the magic mirror that can't stand the torture finally shatters...

This shows how much pressure the house-elf Hao Qi will have.

Just then, the doorbell rang, and the hostess and the elf jumped up.

"Quick, quick, here he comes, Hokey!" cried Hepzibah, and the elf ran out of the house.

The room was so crowded that it was impossible to imagine anyone walking through the room without knocking over at least a dozen things.With cabinets displaying lacquered lockets, shelves lined with gilded books, shelves with stars and astrographs, and many lush plants growing in copper vessels, the room looked like a patchwork of magical curio shops and greenhouses. up.

The elf came back in a while, followed by a tall young man, it was Voldemort!

To be precise, it is Voldemort after adulthood, almost 20 years old.

He was wearing a black suit, his hair was longer than when he was in school, and his cheeks were sunken, but Ivan had to admit that these suited him very well, and this outfit made him look more handsome, and he was in Sla a few years ago As at Ghorn's private parties, he himself seemed to radiate too much to ignore.

Voldemort walked cautiously through the crowded room, which seemed to have been many times.

Then, he bent down low, and lightly touched Hepziba's chubby hand with his lips.

"I brought you flowers, ma'am!" he whispered, conjuring a bouquet of roses in his hand.

"You naughty boy, you shouldn't!" screamed old Hepziba, though she had an empty vase ready on a side table, "you're spoiling me old lady, Tom, Sit down, sit down quickly... Where is Hao Qi, ah..."

The house-elf rushed into the room with a tray of small pastries, and set the tray at the elbow of the mistress.

"Eat whatever you want, Tom." Hepziba said dotingly, "I know you like my pastry very much. How are you doing? Your face is a little pale, and you seem to be a little thin. The store used you too hard , I have told Bok a hundred times!"

Hepzibah giggled, and Voldemort smiled mechanically.

"Hey, what's your excuse for coming to see me this time?" she asked, blinking her eyelashes.

"Mr. Bork wanted to offer a higher price for the goblin armor, five hundred Galleons. He thought it was fair enough."

"Oh, oh, don't be in such a hurry, or I'll think you're only here for my fun!" Hepzibah pouted, "We can talk about other things..."

"But it was for them that I was sent," said Voldemort softly, interrupting Hepzibah with grace, "I am only a little clerk, ma'am, at orders, and Mr. Bork wants I asked……"

"Oh, it's Mr. Bock again, bah!" Hepziba said with a wave of his little hand, "Ignore him, I want to show you something that Mr. Bock has never seen before! Can you keep it secret, Tom? Can you Promise not to tell Mr. Bock I have this? He'll never let me live if he knows I showed you. I won't sell this, not to Bock, not to anybody! But you, Tom, I know you will appreciate its history, not just thinking about how many galleons you can earn..."

Chapter 1421 Two Treasures and Red Eye

Aiwen looked at Hepziba intently, is she going to take out the gold cup? !

Hufflepuff's gold cup, Dumbledore reminded him to pay special attention to it.

Having returned to Hogwarts thousands of years ago twice before, Ivan has seen this golden cup up close.It was placed on Hufflepuff's desk, and he also knew that it was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, but he hadn't observed it carefully, and he didn't quite know what the relationship between the gold cup and the home of the house elves...

However, Ivan does know where Hufflepuff's gold cup is currently.

After being made into a Horcrux by Voldemort, he gave the Cup to Bellatrix Lestrange for safekeeping, just as he gave Riddle's diary to Lucius Malfoy for safekeeping, Bella Trix is ​​far more loyal than Malfoy, and she keeps the cup in her Gringotts vault, which is a troublesome place.

Because neither Lestrange himself nor the goblins would cooperate with Aiwen and happily take out the gold cup.

Therefore, if you want to get the gold cup, you have to break into Gu Linggu to get it yourself. Ivan originally planned to put it at the end before taking it away.

If there is really specific information about the home of the house elves on the gold cup, then sneaking into Gringotts should be put on the specific agenda.

In the room, as soon as Hepzibah finished speaking, Voldemort responded appropriately. He acted as if he was very interested in the treasure Hepzibah said, but he would not make people vigilant or disgusted. He said softly Say, "I'd love to see anything Miss Hepzibah shows me."

Hepzibah giggled like a little girl again, looking at Voldemort fondly.

"I asked Hao Qi to take it out, Hao Qi, where are you? I want to show Mr. Riddle our best treasure, um, why not bring both..."

"Here it is, ma'am," shrieked the house-elf.

In the distance, two leather boxes stacked on top of each other seemed to be floating over by themselves.

Aiwen knew it was because the little elf was holding them and walking among the tables, recliners and cushions.

"Okay!" Hepzibah said happily, took the box from the elf, put it on her lap, and was about to open the top one, then she stopped again and looked at Voldemort with a smile, "You will like It, Tom, oh, if any of my folks know I let you see it, they'll come and snatch it right away!"

In Voldemort's "encouragement" smile, she opens the box.

Ivan and Harry moved forward, and there was a gold cup in the box.

It is dark gold in color and has two delicate ear stems.This is it, Hufflepuff's golden cup, it is exactly the same as Ivan remembered, but he can't see anything special about this golden cup, Hepziba hasn't taken it out of the box yet, most of the golden cup has been The box concealed it.

"Do you know what this is, Tom? Take it and look at it!" said Hepzibah softly.

Voldemort stretched out his slender fingers, grasped one ear stem, and lifted the cup from its soft satin lining.There seemed to be a gleam of red in his dark eyes, and the greedy expression was strangely reflected in Hepzibah's face, but her small eyes, fixed on Voldemort's handsome face, ignored it.

This stupid old woman, she has no idea what she's doing!

Ivan moved closer, found a suitable position, and carefully observed the gold cup in Voldemort's hand.

The body of the cup is engraved with a symbolic fine carving, this pattern is...

"Badger," murmured Voldemort, debating the carving on the cup, "this is..."

"Helga Hufflepuff, you're very good at it, clever boy!" said Hepzibah, leaning over and pinching his sunken cheek, and the corset creaked loudly, she said triumphantly , "Didn't I tell you that I'm a distant descendant of Hufflepuff? This thing has been passed down in my family for many, many years. It's very beautiful, isn't it? It is said that there are all kinds of magical powers, but I don't know how Tried, I just put it away here."

At this time, Voldemort turned the cup upside down, and Ivan noticed that there was a pattern at the bottom of the cup.

This pattern is different from the carving on the cup, it seems to be an inscription, and it seems...

Before Ivan looked carefully, Hepziba hooked the cup back from Voldemort's slender forefinger, and focused on putting it back in its original place, without seeing a shadow passing across Voldemort's face when the cup was taken back.

Ignoring these two people, Ivan turned his head to look at Dumbledore thoughtfully. He had some guesses about the information contained on the gold cup, but he was not sure yet.

Dumbledore smiled and motioned for him to read on.

Hepzibah, still smug at having just shown off her treasure to Voldemort, said cheerfully, "Well, well, where's Hokey? Oh, here, take it, Hokey .”

The elf obediently took the cup-box, and Hepzibah turned his attention to Voldemort.

"Tom, what do you think of this baby?"

"Very precious," said Voldemort softly.

"Yes, this is my family heirloom, but I think you'll like this next one better, Tom." Hepzibah said, picking up the flatter box on his lap, "Come closer, Come a little closer, dear boy, and see clearly. Of course, Bock knows I have this, and I bought it from him, and it cost a fortune, but it was worth it, and I bet he will want to keep it when I die. Take it back..."

She undid the delicate gold thread buckle and opened the lid, and there lay a heavy golden locket on the crimson velvet cushion.