Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

This time Voldemort reached out and picked up the small locket without waiting for the invitation, and held it up to the light to examine it carefully.

Oh, this thing is a Slytherin locket.Its preciousness and importance are unquestionable. The locket is one of the four items left by Salazar Slytherin. The magic on it has helped Ivan many times. Also, even Ramses II Saying it is not easy.

Of course, this thing is also of great significance to other pure-blood wizards, and can be used to prove the nobility of blood.

This was especially true of Voldemort, since it was supposed to be his house.

"Slytherin's mark," whispered Voldemort, a gorgeous, serpentine S flashing in the light.

His expression was focused, and a red light flashed in his black eyes, and his greedy expression seemed to have forgotten to hide.

But he needn't have worried at all, Hepziba had once again overlooked these details.

At this moment, she was obviously very happy to see Voldemort staring raptly at her locket, attracted by Slytherin's locket, "Yes! I paid a lot of money for this, but I can't pass it up, Definitely adding it to my collection. Tell you, Tom, Bock got it from a poor woman who I guess stole it and had no idea of ​​its true value..."

As she said this, the red gleam in Voldemort's eyes became more pronounced, and even his knuckles, gripping the locket chain, turned white.

Ivan looked into Voldemort's eyes, which was a brand new discovery.The eyes of normal people don't flash red light. This is the external manifestation of some magic. It's interesting, very interesting. What kind of black magic did he use on his body to make himself like this? !

Chapter 1422 Those Crazy Body Modifications

This discovery shows that after Voldemort left Hogwarts, he had already begun to modify his body.

He experimented with all kinds of forbidden black magic on his body to make himself stronger.

Voldemort is not the first, and definitely not the last, dark wizard who has ruthlessly attacked himself in order to obtain powerful dark power.

There are many similar examples, such as reincarnating between different corpses through the forbidden technique, turning one's body into a giant white snake monster; or transferring eleven powerful red eyes to the right arm; Replace it with inorganic substances such as metal, which has powerful destructive power; graft five hearts in the body, replace the flesh and blood with countless blood vessels, and gain the power of immortality and so on.In the black magic research on body modification, black wizards are crazy, and there are many scary magics.

Like Voldemort is now, it's nothing but red eyes flashing from time to time...

Even compared with his later appearance, Voldemort in front of him was still too conservative.

Although there is no difference in appearance from normal people, Voldemort at this time is already extremely dangerous.

Hepziba, who showed off two treasures one after another, was in a very dangerous situation, but she didn't realize it at all, and said proudly, "I dare say Bok didn't pay her much, but look, how beautiful, Isn't it? And all kinds of magic, though I just keep it safe..."

Voldemort made no answer, and Hepzibah smiled, reaching for the locket.

For a moment, Voldemort didn't seem to want to let go, but it slipped from his fingers and landed on the red velvet cushion.

"Tom, honey, I hope you like these, are you all right?!"

She looked at his face, the smirk on his face became dull for the first time.

"It's all right," said Voldemort quietly, "it's all right, I'm fine..."

"Oh, well, then... I thought it was the light..." Hepzibah said, seeming a little flustered.

Not surprisingly, she should have seen the instant red light in Voldemort's eyes.

The old woman finally became alert, even if she was being stupid, she knew it was abnormal.

Anyone who sees a red light flashing in their eyes will feel frightened no matter who they are.

"Come on, Hao Qi, take them away and put them away, and lock them up again, well, I'm going to use my wand..." She said a little flustered.

The elf swaggered away holding the box, and Voldemort's eyes followed her.

"Ivan, Harry, we should go!" Dumbledore said softly.

The three of them walked through the void and returned to the office, it was already late.

"Hepzibah Smith died two days after this." Dumbledore sat down and motioned for Ivan and Harry to sit down as well. "The Ministry of Magic judged that it was the house-elf Hao Qi who died at her mistress's house." The poison was mistakenly put in the cocoa tea that was drunk in the evening."

"Impossible!" said Harry angrily.

"It was Voldemort who did it, and he did it again, blaming Hao Qi for the woman's death," Ai Wen said.

"Yes, I think so too." Dumbledore replied, "This death case has many similarities with the Riddle family's murder case. There are scapegoats in both cases, and the scapegoats have clear memories of the murder. ..."

"Why would Hao Qi admit it?" Harry said in disbelief.

"Because she remembered that she did put something in the mistress's cocoa tea, which was later found to be not sugar, but a rare and deadly poison. The verdict was that she was not a murderer, but was old and blind." Dumbledore Lido paused, and continued, "Of course, it was Voldemort who modified her memory. And, just like Morfin, the Ministry of Magic was already inclined to suspect that Hao Qi was the murderer, and they didn't investigate carefully at all."

"Because she's a house-elf?!" Harry had never been more sympathetic to Hermione's society: the House-Elf Liberation Front.

Probably because she is a house elf, and based on Ivan's understanding of the Ministry of Magic, this is a normal thing.

According to long-standing concepts and prejudices, the Ministry of Magic, the only official management agency in the magic world, is actually not that fair.

Among them, many pure-blood officials who occupy important positions discriminate against Muggle-born wizards, people who can't use magic like Muggles, non-human intelligent creatures like werewolves and house elves, and guys like Morfin who don't have money ,discriminate……

Thinking about it carefully, discrimination is everywhere, and the theory of blood has always been very popular in the Ministry of Magic and even in the magic world.

Even if Voldemort is defeated in the end, these ideas will not be easily changed.

In other words, there will be a third generation of Dark Lord, a fourth generation of Dark Lord, a fifth generation...

Only by doing something from the root can we really change all this. Thinking of the future he saw 18 years later, Ivan suddenly felt that he should support Hermione to run for the Minister of Magic, bringing changes to the magic world.

"Hokey is a house-elf, and besides, she's very old, and no one at the Ministry thought of investigating after she admitted she put something in her drink. As with Morfin, when I find her and get her She was almost at the end of her life by the time of her memory. Of course, her memory only proves that Voldemort knew of the existence of the cup and the locket. We later found the locket, which was made into a Horcrux by Voldemort and was Sirius' brother..." Dumbledore did not continue, but turned the topic back to the Gold Cup and Voldemort, "It can be inferred from this that Hufflepuff's Gold Cup is also a Horcrux, unless my understanding has mistake."

"That golden cup is supposed to be a Horcrux, but it and the home of the house-elves..."

Dumbledore waved his hand, signaling Ivan to continue listening to him and ask questions later.

"Without any recollection of what happened afterwards, I can tell you that before people cleaned Hepzibah's relics and found that the cup and locket were gone, Borgin-Bock's clerk, who used to visit Hepzibah Ziba, and the young man who would please her like that, has resigned and disappeared. His boss doesn't know where he went, no one knows where he went, and everyone who knows it is like Voldemort when he first came to work there Surprised."

"He disappeared?"

"Yes, Tom Riddle disappeared for a long time after that." Dumbledore said softly, "Now, I must remind you two to pay attention to some details in the story. Although it is very late , but I want you to keep these details in your minds, these are important things. We all know that Voldemort committed another murder..."

Chapter 1423 The plan to break into Gringotts

"I don't know if this is the first case after the murder of the Riddle family, but you two must have seen it. This time he is not out for revenge, but for profit." Dumbledore said, "He wants to Those two odd treasures that poor old lady showed him, just like he robbed the other kids in the orphanage, just like he stole his uncle's ring, this time he stole Hepzibah's cup and a locket."

Murder for profit shows that Voldemort's motivation is very rational and he will not be easily emotional.

Of course, it is doubtful how much of this rationality is left today.

The growing strength and split soul have made him impatient to plan sophisticated murders.

Now, Voldemort killed anyone who hindered him or simply made him uncomfortable.

"I hope you can understand the significance of these things to him. He didn't choose the items used to make Horcruxes randomly. Each of his Horcruxes is extremely special to him. These things are more or less It's all about Hogwarts, he can't resist something steeped in Hogwarts history, you have to remember this." Dumbledore said, looking at the clock next to him, "It's getting late, we This is the end of the lesson about Voldemort tonight, and then we can talk about the gold cup and the home of the house elves."

Ivan noticed that Dumbledore was looking at him with a smile. He sorted out his thoughts and said, "I once saw Hufflepuff use that gold cup, which is her favorite thing. Of course, it may now It has been made into a Horcrux by Voldemort. Professor, are you sure there is information about the home of the house-elves?"

"I think so. As long as we trace the history of the golden cup, we will know that it is not a wizard product, but made by house elves. It was originally a vessel to assist house elves in transporting magic food." Dumbledore Lido said, "The first house-elf who came to work at Hogwarts gave it to Helga Hufflepuff, and that house-elf is the Dodo we're looking for, and the maker of the cup... "

These are the history of the Hufflepuff Cup, a magical vessel made by house-elves.

It sounds a bit similar to Gryffindor's sword made by goblins, but there are many kinds of weapons made by goblins. This is the first time Ivan has heard that house elves can make something.Needless to say, Gold Cup is connected to Hufflepuff and her house-elf friends, but what does that have to do with house-elves?

"House-elves don't make many magic utensils. If you have been in contact with other items, you will know that house-elves have a habit of leaving a unique mark on the magic utensils they make." Dumbledore paused After a while, he continued, "I think, have you seen the pattern on the bottom of the gold cup?"

"I see it, but I can't understand it!" Ivan said uncertainly, "That pattern seems to be a kind of text."

As Voldemort turned the cup upside down, he noticed the strange pattern at the bottom of the cup.

"It is indeed a text, the language of the ancient elves, a kind of rune that has died out. Few people know it now, but it is not impossible to decipher. For example, my old friend Nicole Flamel knows this kind of text." Dumbledore Lido smiled and said, "From him, I was also fortunate to know the information contained in the imprint left by the house elf, mainly the name of the house elf who made this utensil and the place where it was made. Not surprisingly, the place That's where we were looking."

That is to say, the strange pattern on the bottom of the Hufflepuff gold cup will contain information about where it was made. This gold cup was made by the house elf Duoduo, so the place of making it must be his hometown, that is, he finally took it with him. Where the Hufflepuff Treasure Key goes back to, the home of the house-elves!

This is a very direct and effective clue, much more reliable than using the method of elimination or pure guesswork.

"So Professor, where is the gold cup?" Harry couldn't help asking.

"I don't know, Voldemort will undoubtedly hide it in a place that he thinks is safe." said Dumbledore. As I told you, he will not choose a Horcrux for no reason, nor will he randomly choose the location where the Horcrux is hidden..."

Yes, yes, that trophy is currently in Gringotts' most heavily guarded vault.

Although it has been said before, Ivan has to say it again, this is a rather troublesome place.He had broken into Gringotts in Egypt once before, but that time he was accompanied by goblins, and the defense measures of Gringotts in Egypt and the headquarters of Gringotts in England were not the same at all.

With Aiwen's current strength, it is not impossible to break in, just like what Quirrell and Voldemort did back then, but the degree of danger is also very high.Besides, Quirrell only went to the vault in the ordinary area, and the Lestrange family's vault that Ivan was going to was located in the most heavily guarded area of ​​Gringotts.

The difficulty of the two places cannot be compared!

To break into Gringotts, Aiwen needs to prepare and prepare.

Perhaps, he could tell Dumbledore about it, at the risk of being exposed.

Anyway, he has always had good luck in finding Horcruxes, and the principal may have gotten used to it.But even Dumbledore can't make the goblin hand over the contents of the vault, so the final result is to break in, but if Dumbledore leads him into Gringotts...

Ivan looked at Dumbledore again, thinking it's better to dismiss this idea as soon as possible.

……

Dumbledore's lessons stuffed a lot of things into Ivan and Harry's heads at once, Ivan can still be better, he can remember more or less about Voldemort's past, and now he needs to consider how to get the gold cup at Gringotts; and Compared to him, Harry had more things to think and digest, and he didn't sleep well all night.

The next day, they told Hermione, Elaine and Ron about these things as usual.

After some discussion, it is determined that what needs to be done before the goal is the homework left by Dumbledore and the memory of Slughorn, but this is not the focus of Ivan, let Harry work hard , that memory doesn't mean much to Ivan, and Slughorn has always been wary of him.

He was already vigilant enough. If Aiwen moved too much, it would have bad results.

That's what Dumbledore said, so Harry should be the main one in this matter, and Ivan should help from the side.

Harry's first trial was in the first potion course after Dumbledore's course.

It was pretty much the same class as usual, with him taking the limelight with his knowledge from Advanced Potion Making...

Chapter 1424 Potions Lesson

"Please be quiet, be quiet!" Slughorn stepped onto the podium, "Before you know it, the happy Christmas holiday has passed. I hope you will not overplay and forget to study during this holiday. Because the tasks we face in the next semester will be very heavy. Now, who can tell me about Gobalot's third law...of course it is Miss Granger!"

Hermione stood up and backtracked as quickly as possible, "Gobalot's third law states that the antidote for a mixed poison is greater than the sum of the antidote for each individual component."

"Exactly!" Slughorn smiled. "Exactly! Ten points to Gryffindor! Now, if we admit that Gobalot's third law holds, then..."

"My God, what the hell is he talking about!" Ron muttered in despair.

He didn't get a response, because except for Ivan and Hermione, no one in the classroom seemed to understand what Slughorn said below. Everyone could only pretend to admit that Gobalot's third law was established, and then put Slughorn Take note of Laghorn's words.

"Of course, this means that, assuming we have correctly analyzed the ingredients of the potion using Scapin's Appearance Charm, our primary goal is not simply to choose an antidote for each individual ingredient, but to find additional ingredients, which are A more difficult process," said Slughorn, "which transfigures disparate components by an almost alchemical procedure..."

Alchemy is a newly opened subject in the sixth grade, and it has a deep relationship with advanced potions.

Now, Slughorn's classes often bring up some alchemy-related knowledge.

Ivan, Hermione, Harry, and Ron did not take alchemy courses. Hermione studied with Ivan every night and had already mastered a lot of basic knowledge of alchemy, so don't worry about not being able to keep up with the progress of Potions class .

Harry and Ron were totally in a daze, they couldn't understand what Slughorn was saying.

Ron was staring diagonally above the dungeon with his mouth half open, scribbling absently in his brand new book "Advanced Potion Making".Harry's potion talents all come from the notes on Snape's "Advanced Potion Making", but Snape will certainly not explain Gobalot's third law, Scarpin's manifestation spell, decomposition alchemy, etc. Knowledge, these are all recognized potion theories, so now he can only be in a daze, thinking about how to get Slughorn to take out his memory for a while.

Ai Wen listened very carefully and recorded from time to time.

Most of his knowledge comes from self-study, and there are many places that he didn't understand thoroughly. Now, after listening to Slughorn's detailed explanation, he feels that he has understood a lot.

"Well, now is the time to test the results of learning," Slughorn said finally, "I want each of you to come to my platform to get a bottle, and the antidote for the contents of the bottle must be dispensed before get out of class is over. ...good luck and don't forget to wear protective gloves!"

Hermione immediately left the stool and walked towards the podium. She took back the bottles of Ivan, Harry, and Ron.

"Gobalot's third law, this time, that prince can't help you, Harry, you must understand the principle, and you can't be opportunistic!" She straightened up and said happily, "Ivan and I A team, Harry, Ron, you two in a team, let's see who can make the antidote in the end."

Hermione pulled Ivan to the table next to her, leaving an annoyed Harry and a foolish Ron. She had been competing with the "Advanced Potion Making" book, and she insisted on distinguishing between high and low, even if she No idea who the Half-Blood Prince is.

Alvin poured the bright pink poison into the cauldron, lit it, and stirred it carefully with his wand.

In his view, this kind of competition is completely meaningless.

The possibility of Harry and Ron formulating an antidote is slim. The antidote for this mixed venom is different from the fixed potion formula. It is necessary to know the composition of the poison. Snape's annotations are of little help because he does not Maybe knowing what poison is or questioning Gobalot's third law.

Noticing that Harry and Ron were looking at him eagerly, Ivan felt that he should give them a little help, but before he could start, Hermione approached and said close to her face, "Use a silent spell, Ivan, don't Say the spell."

She knows Ivan, Harry, and Ron really well, and knows what they will do.

Hermione was determined to beat Harry in today's Potions class, and she couldn't do tricks under her nose.

"Sorry!" Ivan said to Harry, bowed his head and started his magic.

He guessed that Slughorn's poison contained fifty to sixty ingredients.

It is very difficult to find all the poisons in such a short period of time, even he has to take it seriously.

At the next table, Harry didn't know what to do, he could already imagine what Hermione would say later...

"Did the prince really not prompt?" Ron asked in a low voice.

"I'm looking!" said Harry.