Chapter 786: Quidditch World Cup (4)

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Arthur Weasley was known to be very interested in all things Muggle-related, and as a result, most of the morning was spent in Mr. Weasley's attempts at the Muggle lifestyle. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

In addition to setting up the tent with his bare hands, Mr. Weasley also used non-magical methods to make fires, but until he had struck a whole box of matches, he couldn't get the stove to catch fire.

In the end, it had to be done by Kai Ming again, and when the crowd finally raised the fire completely, the sun had already risen from the horizon and hung high in the sky.

As if someone had blown the wake-up call, the thousands of tents on the site shook in unison, and the campers yawned and came out of their tents, and the whole camp suddenly became lively.

"Kevin, how many times have I told you, don't touch your dad's wand again!"

"Lily, don't bully your brother!"

"Tina, don't play with toy broomsticks, be careful of falling!"

The commotion rang in Qiming's ears, and the adults of the wizarding families with children had to start restraining their restless children early in the morning.

Some adult wizards emerged from their tents and began to make breakfast. Some looked around sneakily and then secretly lit the fire with their wands, while others were struck with matches, like Mr. Weasley, but with a look of suspicion on their faces, as if they thought it wouldn't work.

Throughout the camp, there are a variety of strange tents, many of which are decorated by the owners of the tents with the teams they support.

The green ones are for Ireland and covered with a layer of clover, while the red ones are clearly for Bulgaria.

After breakfast, Keimon followed Harry, Hermione, and Ron around the camp, and when Ron saw the Bulgarian tent, he immediately whispered excitedly.

"Look! It's Krum!"

Ron pointed to the tent and said, in addition to the red decoration unique to the Bulgarian team, the tent also had a very gloomy face, thick black eyebrows, and the whole person looked very gloomy, obviously, this person was the Krum that Ron was talking about.

"His appearance is so gloomy. ”

Hermione said with a frown.

"'It's too gloomy'?"

Ron rolled his eyes,

"Who cares what he looks like? He's the most talented Seeker in the world, he's only eighteen years old! You'll see him tonight! He's the best!"

As he spoke, Ron's face showed a look of adoration, and it seemed that if Krum himself was really here, Ron would definitely rush to him desperately to ask for an autograph.

After a round trip, the four returned to the camp they belonged to, where Mr. Weasley was chatting with a slumped-nosed man in a long yellow Quidditch robe.

Seeing that Qiming and the four of them had returned, Mr. Weasley immediately waved his hand and beckoned the four of them to come over, and introduced them loudly:

"This is the most important man of the moment! Ludo Bagman! Without him, we wouldn't be so easy to get this ticket!"

Mr. Weasley's compliment was evidently very useful to Bagman, who smiled and waved his hand as if to say it was nothing.

Bagman's gaze swept over the group, and he looked slightly surprised when he saw the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead, but it seemed that Harry had become accustomed to the situation and did not react at all.

"Ahem!"

Reluctantly taking his eyes off Harry's forehead, Bagman coughed, and then asked eagerly:

"Want to make a bet on the game, Arthur?"

He reached out and stirred in the pocket of his yellow robe, making a clanging sound that it contained a lot of gold coins. It seems that this is the ultimate purpose of his coming here, to gamble.

"I don't ...... Uh, let me think about ......"

It seemed that Mr. Weasley wanted to refuse directly, but perhaps because everyone's tickets were related to the person in front of him, it was really not good to refuse directly, so he hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"Okay then, I'll make a Galleon and bet on the Irish win, what do you think?"

"A Galleon?"

Ludo Bagman looked a little disappointed, but he immediately regained his interest, looked at the crowd around him, and asked:

"Good, good...... So, is there anyone else who wants to gamble?"

Mr. Weasley immediately shook his head and said:

"They're too young to gamble, and Molly won't ......"

"We pressed thirty-seven Galleons, fifteen sicos, and three nats,"

Fred said that he and George pulled out a heavy bag of coins from their bodies as if they were playing tricks.

"We're betting on Irish - but Victor Krum will catch the Golden Snitch. Oh yes, we're going to add a fake wand. ”

"Do you want to show that to Mr. Bagman—"

Percy said in a low voice.

However, it seems that Bagman does not think this is a broken thing, when Fred took out a wand from his arms and handed it to Bagman, as soon as the latter received it, the wand immediately croaked, turning into a rubber little *** German was immediately amused like a child laughing.

"Great! I've never seen anything so realistic! I'll buy it for five Galleons!"

Percy immediately stayed there, his face covered with shock and incredulity, as if he had not expected such a development of the plot.

"Child,"

Mr. Weasley lowered his voice and said,

"I don't want you to gamble...... This is all your savings...... Your mother won't—"

"Don't be disappointed, Arthur!"

Before Mr. Weasley could finish speaking, Ludo Bagman interrupted loudly, stirring the money in his pocket louder with his hand,

"They're old and know what they want, you shouldn't limit them, you-"

"Mr. Weasley is right, I advise you not to gamble. ”

Qiming said abruptly, interrupting Bagman's words, which made the latter startled, and looked at Qiming in surprise, as if he had just noticed that there was such a person as Qiming on the Weasleys' side.

It's no wonder that Bagman didn't notice him before, in order to better hide himself, Qiming deliberately lowered his presence, so that it was difficult to notice his presence unless he was intentionally observed.

"Arthur, is he?"

Mr. Weasley glanced at Qiming suspiciously, he didn't understand why Qiming was speaking at this time, but since Bagman asked, he still had to say:

"His name is Qiming, is—"

"Ahh

Bagman immediately became excited,

"It's been rumored in the ministry that this year Hogwarts will admit the oldest freshman ever, it should be you, right? I have a little relationship with the goblins of Gringotts, I heard that you opened a super vault in Gringotts yesterday that only those ancient families are qualified to open, how about it, are you interested in making a small bet? Don't bet too much, because if you bet too much, I can't afford to win." ”

As he spoke, Bagman was already amused by his own joke. In his eyes, Qiming had immediately changed from an impudent young man who interrupted his speech to a bunch of Garons who could move on their own.

Qiming didn't speak, just smiled and shook his head.

Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling man, although he knew what kind of character this Ludo Bagman was in front of him after reading the original book, Qiming did not expose him.

This person's nature is not bad, he is bold, enthusiastic and loves to make friends, but under the glamorous appearance is a bad gambler, who has already owed a lot of gambling debts, and wants to make a comeback, and even borrowed money from the goblins, which is a bottomless pit that will never be filled.

Seeing Qiming's refusal, Bagman did not show any dissatisfaction, but smiled and nodded at Qiming, and then turned to the two brothers, Fred and George.

"You think Ireland will win, but Krum can catch the Golden Snitch? No way, kids, no way...... I can give you very high odds...... Add that funny wand, then, are we ......"

Bagman quickly pulled out a notebook and a quill and scribbled down the names of the Weasley twins, the amount of bets, and the teams they were pressed on, and Mr. Weasley could only watch helplessly.

"It's done. ”

Bagman tore a note from the note and handed it to the two brothers, and George took it, and talked excitedly and quietly with Fred.

It can be seen that both sides are very satisfied with this bet, and they both feel that they will be the winning side, and the twins obviously did not take Qiming's words seriously.

Qiming shook his head, he had already persuaded him, and he had fulfilled his duty as an ordinary friend, as for whether to listen to it or not was the other party's business, and it was only a few dozen Galleons, it was a big deal that he would have the opportunity to fund the two of them in the future.

"By the way, Arthur,"

After completing the Weasley brothers' order, Ludo Bagman became even more excited, and turned to Mr. Weasley with a fluttering eyebrow.

"Can you do me a favor? I've been looking for Barty Crouch. The Bulgarian official of my rank kept giving us advice, and I felt that he was deliberately trying to make things difficult for us, but I could not understand a word of what he said, and only Barty could solve the problem, and he spoke about a hundred and fifty languages. ”

"Mr. Crouch?"

Hearing this name, Percy, who was still dissatisfied with Bagman just now, immediately became excited, and saw him say restlessly:

"He speaks 200 languages! mermaids, turkeys, and trolls—"

"Anyone can speak the language of trolls,"

Fred said disapprerovingly,

"You just have to point your finger at him and make a purring sound. ”

Percy gave him a blank look, but he couldn't say any more in praise of Barty Crouch, and could only listen intently to the conversation between Bagman and his father, Mr. Weasley.

And the content of the conversation between the two made Qiming prick up his ears all of a sudden.

"Haven't you heard from Pertha Jorkins yet? Ludo?"

"Not even a shadow,"

Bagman grinned,

"But don't worry, she'll show up. Poor old Bertha...... Her memory is like a leaky one, and her sense of direction is extremely poor, so she must be lost......"

Hearing this, Qiming did not listen intermittently, if I am not mistaken, the reason why this woman named Pertha Jorkins disappeared was because she had been captured by Voldemort, and learned from her about the details of the Triwizard Tournament, and thus formulated a plan for the resurrection, it can be said that the entire fourth part of "Harry Potter" is based on this as an introduction to the plot.

For a moment, Qiming's eyes flickered, and he made a decision in his heart.

Suddenly, Ludo Bagman interrupted his thoughts with a cry of surprise:

"Ahh

A wizard suddenly appeared out of thin air beside the fire they had lit, and it could be said that this wizard was by far the most Muggle-like wizard Qiming had ever seen.

Barty Crouch, a man who looked to be in his fifties, had a straight waist and rigid movements, and was dressed in a spotlessly crisp suit and tie. The short beard was carefully trimmed, and a pair of leather shoes were polished.

It can be said that if this man is put into the Muggle world, no one will notice that he is abnormal in the slightest.

"Sit down and rest, Barty. ”

Ludo Bagman said happily, patting the grass under his buttocks.

"No, thank you, Ludo,"

Barty Crouch said impatiently,

"I've been looking for you everywhere. The Bulgarians insisted that we add twelve more seats to the top box. ”

Ludo Bagman immediately realized:

"I see, they want this! I thought the guy was going to borrow me a pair of tweezers. The accent is too strong. ”

"And Arthur, Ali Bashir has provoked you, and he wants to talk to you about your ban on flying carpets. ”

Despite Barty Crouch's words, he eventually sat down on the grass and talked to Mr. Weasley and Ludo Bagman.

At that moment, Percy leaned over, bowed, and looked like a hunchback, respectfully handing Barty Crouch a cup of tea.

"Mr. Crouch, would you like a cup of tea?"

Crouch, who seemed to be taken aback by his move, glanced at Percy in surprise, and a trace of thought flashed in his eyes, as if he was thinking of Percy's name, and after a few seconds, he finally said:

"Like- thank you, uh...... Weatherby. ”

Fred and George laughed so hard that they almost squirted the tea, and Percy's body froze there again, burying her head deep in, revealing only a pair of ears that had turned pink.

On the side, Harry and Ron couldn't help but laugh along, only Hermione didn't laugh, but frowned.

Qiming, on the other hand, ignored these trivial matters that seemed inconsequential to him, and turned his gaze to Barty Crouch in the conversation, remembering the appearance of this man in his mind. It was this man who, for the sake of his career, personally sent his son to the Azkaban Wizard Prison, and his son, the male servant he sent to prison with his own hands, Barty Crouch Jr., will be the key person in the school year that Qiming is about to experience.