Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

Rita Skeeter had guessed the reason behind her one-month stay in St. Mungo's Hospital, so after she was discharged from the hospital, she kept staring at the Ministry of Magic looking for trouble.And today was the day when Hogwarts students came to Hogsmeade for leisure. With a keen sense of smell, she went around the village early in the morning to find big news.The method she used today was to follow a patrol of young Aurors, because young people were prone to mistakes, and mistakes were big news.

Rita Skeeter, who was in a state of excitement, now caught a big or small piece of news. If she made this news big, Malfoy's life would be difficult in the future.

At this moment, a report came from the Aurors' magic walkie-talkie that a Hogwarts student had been attacked, asking the Aurors to immediately rush to the commercial street where the students gathered.

The three Aurors took the confrontation between Zhang Xu and Malfoy as a fight between students, so they didn't take it seriously.

Then Lita Skeeter followed the three Aurors and left immediately. Malfoy, who was standing in the alley, was relieved and wiped the sweat from his brow.

After wiping off his sweat, Malfoy suddenly realized that Zhang Xu hadn't left, and was still standing where he was just now, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Just when Malfoy was gripping his wand tightly, Zhang Xu said to him, "Why are you so stupid?"

"I" Malfoy just wanted to refute, but suddenly found that he didn't know how to refute, because he was not sure what Zhang Xu was talking about now, and the explanation might turn into a cover-up.

Although Zhang Xu had prepared for what happened today, the development of the incident still made him feel strange when the incident happened.Because he remembered that the pony had a perfect alibi in the "story", but today on the way to Hogsmeade, he saw the pony from a long distance away.So after the incident, he ran to the scene to look for clues.As a result, he blocked the pony all at once.

Zhang Xu didn't think that he had a halo of subduing wisdom, and Voldemort would be able to use cannon fodder, ambushes, and tie trains. It doesn't make sense that Xiao Ma's brain has become difficult.

"Be smarter next time." Zhang Xu turned and left after speaking.

Regardless of the pony sitting on the ground with his legs weak and sweating, Zhang Xu came to the Three Broomsticks bar to pass the time.

As for how to deal with the pony, that is Dumbledore's business, he will not do it for him.After meeting Lao Deng in front of the girls' bathroom that day, Zhang Xu was convinced that Xiao Ma's every move was under Lao Deng's control.

Because of the bad weather today, many students returned to Hogwarts early, so there were fewer guests in the bar than usual.

Zhang Xu chose a table away from Neville who was complaining to his friends, and called the proprietress to order a glass of sherry.

When the proprietress brought the wine, Zhang Xu greeted her and said, "You look good today, Ms. Rosmerta."

"But business is not good," Ms. Rosmerta complained. "It would be nice if you could come more often."

"We also want to come here often, but Professor McGonagall disagrees." Zhang Xu said helplessly, "But there are so many Aurors in the village, they all come to have a drink after get off work."

As soon as Zhang Xu mentioned those Aurors, Ms. Rosmerta gritted her teeth in an instant, and she said, "They all went to them."

Although "they" and "they" are the same word in English, Zhang Xu clearly recognized who Ms. Rosmerta was talking about, so he stopped talking.

Ms. Rosmerta chatted with Zhang Xu and left. At this time, Zhang Xu could preliminarily conclude that she had no signs of the Imperius Curse.

As time went by, there were fewer and fewer customers in the bar, and the whole bar only echoed Neville's voice complaining that he was too busy helping Professor Sprout to farm recently, so he didn't have much time for homework.

Fortunately, Neville's complaints were nothing but complaints. He didn't say what he had planted recently, and the audience around him would only think that he was busy in the greenhouse.

After drinking, Zhang Xu, who hadn't heard any interesting news, guessed that it would be time for dinner when he returned to Hogwarts, so he checked out and left.

It is well known that Katie Bell was attacked and unconscious during dinner, because several professors were in Hogsmeade at that time, and the professors rushed out of the village immediately after learning that a student was attacked. This made many students know about it.

This incident was widely circulated among the students. Some people said that some Death Eaters sneaked into Hogsmeade and attacked her. Some people said that she picked up a black magic item that someone had deliberately thrown away. A love-hate love-hate soap opera.

But when the Harry trio who were present at the time came to the cafeteria, everyone knew the real story of the matter.

What happened was similar to what happened in the "plot", except that there seemed to be discrepancies in some details, but Zhang Xu didn't care about it anymore.

When Zhang Xu finished his meal and returned to the door of his former professor's dormitory, he suddenly had an idea in his mind.

For some purpose, he spent a lot of time researching a magic that seems to be used on the gate to surprise potential intruders.

Think about it and do it, construct it in your mind

After thinking about this magic, Zhang Xu took out "This Faces the Enemy" and began to cast spells on the gate.

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The magic wand is like a pen that can write and paint in the air. It draws a pattern of an animal out of thin air, and then disappears without entering the gate the next moment.

At this moment, a cold and emotionless voice sounded from the side: "What are you doing, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Xu turned his head and saw that Snape had walked nearby at some point, so he replied, "It's just a little magic, to leave a mark for those who break into my dormitory without my permission, Professor. "

"It looks like a curse to me," Snape said.

Zhang Xu couldn't help but admire Snape's professional knowledge, he got to the point right away, he nodded and said: "That's right, this magic is developed from curses, but it won't hurt people. "

"I don't remember how to cast a curse at Hogwarts." Snape frowned and said to Zhang Xu.

"Ah, don't pay attention to these details." Zhang Xu waved his hand and said, as if he was talking about something unimportant, "There are many good books in the restricted section."

For a good student like Zhang Xu, reading books in the restricted area is like finding something out of a bag.

"Are you interested in trying this little magic, Professor Snape? It won't hurt anyone." Zhang Xu then challenged Snape, "But I haven't figured out how to break the curse yet."

In the past few years, Zhang Xu has often used this kind of small game to pass the time with the professors in the faculty lounge, but of course he has never won it once.

Snape gave Zhang Xu a sideways look, then walked to the gate and put his hands on the gate.

A few minutes later, a puzzled expression crept onto Snape's face, because he found several normal access curses on the gate, but he didn't find the curse cast by Zhang Xu just now.

The next second, Snape, who had put a bunch of shields on himself in advance, pushed open the door of the dormitory with both hands.

Snape, who had been on guard for a long time, found that his body had not been harmed or changed.

Snape turned his head to look at Zhang Xu, and asked suspiciously: "This spell doesn't seem to work meow~"

With a "click", Professor McGonagall, who was walking over with something unknown from the other side of the corridor, seemed to be greatly frightened, and he didn't even notice that the thing in his hand had dropped.

Professor McGonagall stared at Snape with wide eyes and asked, "Severus, what are you doing?"

Snape looked at Zhang Xu suspiciously, then at Professor McGonagall, and said strangely, "What's wrong with me, Meow~"

At this time Zhang Xu interrupted: "What's the matter with the two professors?"

Snape took out a rolled-up parchment from his robe and handed it to Zhang Xu, saying, "Slughorn and I have researched together, and the potion for treating Katie Bell needs some rare herbs in the Forbidden Forest meow ~"

"I know you have a good relationship with the centaur in the Forbidden Forest meow~"

"So I hope you can help meow~"

After Zhang Xu took the parchment, Snape glanced suspiciously at the already petrified Professor McGonagall, then turned and left.

With Snape's brains, he could tell from Professor McGonagall's reaction that he had been tricked, but he didn't realize it himself, so he had to go back to the office immediately to study how to get rid of the trap on him. magic.

"What did you do to him?" Professor McGonagall asked Zhang Xu sternly.

Zhang Xu pointed to the door of the dormitory, and explained to Professor McGonagall the little magic that had just been added to the door.

"So Snape failed to break the magic?" Professor McGonagall asked, "This magic should be a curse."

The trouble with talking to smart people is that they can easily spot when you're breaking the law.

Professor McGonagall can't tolerate any sand, and Snape himself is a master of black magic. In view of the difference between Professor McGonagall and Snape, Zhang Xu decided to tell her the general idea of ​​this magic.

Zhang Xu said: "This magic is just a trigger condition similar to a curse, but its effect on the target is very different from those curses. It will not cause substantial harm to the human body."

"Then replace its function with a curse?" Professor McGonagall asked sternly.

Well, in fact, many people know how to replace artificial rainfall rockets and fire-fighting rockets with warheads.

"That way Professor Snape will discover it." Zhang Xu replied honestly, "The more powerful the spell, the easier it is to be discovered."

"So the effect of this spell is just to make people add "喵~" at the end of every sentence, and make me ignore this point."

"How about you challenge Professor McGonagall?"

Professor McGonagall: "Huh"