Crouch Apartment is the only place in London where the safety is better, and it is difficult to see a big man in such a place. The streets www.biquge.info usually filled with Muggle vehicles and some sanitation workers. At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, no one noticed the appearance of the three men.

Twinkle can open the door directly, but Twinkle doesn't do that, and knocks on the door properly. The dull sound of the wooden gate is very abrupt on the street at night, but unfortunately there are very few dogs in this place, and there is no response to the barking.

After more than ten minutes, just as little Barty was impatient to use the door opening charm, the three of them heard a shuffling footstep, very slow, as if it were a tired wizard. Without asking too much, Old Barty opened the door directly.

"Who are you looking for?" Shiny was too small, little Barty subconsciously hid behind Xie An, and old Barty asked suspiciously when he saw Xie An for the first time.

"Master, it's me, Flash, I brought the young master back!" Shining hurriedly said. Old Barty's face changed, and his expression of surprise was quickly replaced by anger, as if he wanted to pull his wand out of his pajamas.

"Mr. Crouch, now is not the time to be angry, we have important things to verify with you tonight, about your lady. Xie An didn't want to make a fuss, so he said coldly.

"What do you want to do?" Crouch said similarly unceremoniously.

"Hmph!" Sensing Old Barty's hostility, Little Barty snorted dissatisfiedly. Seeing that his son was not far away, Barty Sr. seemed to want to take out his wand and attack Barty Jr.

"The streets are not the place to talk, and I don't think you want any wizard to know, neither your son nor what we're about to talk about. Xie An said.

Old Barty was silent for a moment, then opened the door to the apartment, silently motioning for the two to come in with Twinkle.

The Crouch family's apartment is not as old as the Black family's, and the wallpaper on both sides of the corridor is still very new.

Walking through the short corridor, there was a small shoe and cloakroom, which was empty, but it was also very clean, and the three of them did not speak any language, only the sound of sparkling and strange breathing, showing her optimism and anticipation.

The fireplace in the living room is about to go out, the carpet is a precious Middle Eastern carpet, wizards like Middle Eastern wool carpets, and even some of the more wealthy wizards occasionally try those flying carpets, but it seems that the sales of flying carpets are not as popular as brooms recently, after all, flying carpets are too easy to be discovered by Muggles if they don't have the bonus of invisible spells.

Without saying a word, Barty lit the fireplace with a spell, and then sat silently on the single couch far from the fireplace.

"Please take a seat, Mr. Andrew, young master, would you like some tea?" Flashing saw that the two sides did not seem to be prepared to fight now, and hurriedly asked earnestly.

"I want a hot cup of tea. Xie An replied. The two Crouches did not answer, but looked at each other coldly.

Seeing that the two masters had no words, Shining was still happy to go down to make tea. "Tell me, what's the matter with you this time?" Mr. Andrew, you still look like a child, could little Barty have caused some trouble?" asked Old Barty coldly.

"Don't ask me in that interrogating prisoner tone, I've been trying to save my mother outside while you're rotting in this old house!" said little Barty angrily.

"Hmph, what do you know? If it weren't for your mother's life-for-life rescue of you from Azkaban, your bones would have been moldy in Azkaban. What qualifications do you have to teach me something that I am not grateful?" said Old Barty in a-for-tat manner.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Xie An took out the soul gem and said directly to Old Barty: "Mr. Crouch, do you know what this is?"

Seeing the irregular dragon's eye-sized gem, Crouch's face changed, and he excitedly took out the gem from Xie An's hand, and hurriedly took out his wand and checked it with magic power. His face quickly became unsightly.

"Where did you get this soul gem? It's a family heirloom, and I lost it and never found it again. Crouch quickly regained his composure and asked calmly.

Hearing that Crouch knew the true name of this gem, Xie An was secretly happy, and hearing Crouch's words, Xie An frowned slightly. The sect inheritance is mysterious, Crouch is reluctant to reveal more, or he has other concerns about not being able to tell the truth about what happened at this time, Crouch's attitude is far less enthusiastic than Xie An expected.

"We were also desperately trying to get out of Azkaban's prison. Crouch Jr. was clearly very upset that his father was still talking in an interrogative manner.

The Magic Enforcement Division was originally to deal with the outliers among the wizards, and the evil and cunning wizards that they encountered when they encountered them were extremely incomprehensible, and the habit of speaking that Barty Sr. had developed as the former director, and it was indeed difficult to adapt, no wonder Little Barty's hatred for his father was too deep.

"The gem was obtained from your lady's side, and with your identity, you should understand what it means?" Xie An said tentatively.

Old Barty didn't respond directly, but continued to ask expressionlessly: "As far as I know, now that Azkaban has lost control, if you want to enter Azkaban, you need the full cooperation of at least dozens of wizards to return safely." What kind of wizard are you, and you have such a power?"

Old Barty's suspicions were perfectly normal. No wizard would help others for no reason, and at this time, Xie An brought his wife's soul gem to tell him that they were helping for free purposes, which was suspicious.

But the origin of the whole incident was completely Barty's request, and the identities of Queen Anne and Xie An were more sensitive, and they had already told little Crouch all kinds of information that could not be revealed before they came, which could only make things confused.

"Why do you ask so much, you just say if you are a descendant of the Soul Sect, can you wake up your mother from the gem!" Little Barty said directly, although he made a request completely out of his mother's thoughts, he did not want to reveal the slightest information in front of his father at this time.

Old Barty glanced at Xie An, and then turned to Barty Jr., who also looked at each other stubbornly. The direct atmosphere between the two was a little indescribably weird for a while.

"If you hadn't come to me today, I might have gone to Azkaban myself. Suddenly, Old Barty sighed slightly, "Many years ago, thinking of my various deeds, family was only a necessary condition for me to reach the ministerial throne. Wizards love a wizard with a full family. When you hear that your son is a cruel Death Eater, you can't imagine the shocking feeling. ”

Old Barty's deep voice filled the living room along with the shadow of the fireplace flame, and strangely enough, little Barty did not retort, but lowered his head and listened quietly.

"Wang Tu hegemony, in the blink of an eye, it was empty. My son's imprisonment was a fatal blow to my career at the Ministry of Magic. At this time, my wife's request made it difficult for me to comply. My wife threatened with her life, and eventually I agreed to save my son in that way. Azkaban was heavily guarded, and even though I had sent countless wizards there to die, I never imagined that one day my loved ones would be sent to death by my own hands. ”

"In such a situation, after thinking of any way, I could only agree to my wife's method, make a polyjuice potion, and rescue my son from Azkaban through my many years of relationship with the Magic Enforcement Division. But the thought of my wife dying in Azkaban in such a painful way makes my heart feel like a knife. In the end, I had to use the family inheritance that I didn't want to use to give this soul gem to my wife, which left me with a glimmer of hope and peace of mind. ”

"You know the function of the soul gem, so do you know how to awaken the soul in it?" Xie An hurriedly asked when he heard this.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. My father was indeed a wizard of the Soul Sect, but I didn't get any inheritance. His father was withdrawn, unwilling to associate with other wizards, and was bent on studying the secrets of soul magic. I was disgruntled and refused to accept the inheritance. At this time, Azkaban's acceptance notice arrived at home, and the then Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who seemed to be familiar with my father, personally visited my father to try to convince him to allow me to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ”

"My father, who wanted me to carry on the Soul Sect lineage, didn't want to agree, but that night I had a big fight with my father, and he finally agreed to let me go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to attend a public school. ”

Speaking of this, old Barty glanced at little Barty, "At this time, recalling the original incident is like a world away." "So, you haven't obtained the inheritance of the Soul Sect, and you won't awaken the Soul Gem at all?" Xie An confirmed.

"I've just used the Awakening Spell, but nothing happens. That's all I know about this gem!" It turned out that Old Barty had only learned the most basic ways to use it from his father, and the rest was not clear.

"Then do you know the wizards of other soul sects?" Xie An asked without giving up.

"The Soul Sect inherits secrets, and in the last few hundred years, it has been suppressed by the Ministry of Magic, and my father is withdrawn, and he has never interacted with wizards from other Soul Sects, and I have never heard of other wizards. Old Barty shook his head helplessly.

For a moment, all three people in the room fell silent. Twinkle used magic to hold a tea tray, on which were placed a teapot and three teacups, an ancient Far Eastern blue and white porcelain tea set, and the sober smell of tea woke up the minds of the three of them.

"If there is no other way, your lady will not last long, you should think again and see if there are any other clues. Xie An took the hot tea in his shining hand.

Old Barty recalls in silence, and only little Barty seems to be thinking about his own thoughts.

After a while, Old Barty smiled wryly and said, "There really isn't anything about other wizards. The Crouch family is all one-sided, my father doesn't have any siblings, and relatives rarely move around each other, and most of them are no longer in touch. My father didn't seem to have attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and he didn't have any classmates. The only wizards to associate with are probably only passers-by in Diagon Alley. ”

Xie An frowned slightly, if this is really the case, I'm afraid it will be troublesome.

"But when my father died, he seemed to have left behind a strange thing, and he didn't tell me what it was for, but just asked me to pass it on. Would you like to see it?" said Barty Sr.

"What is it?" Xie An asked.

Old Barty instructed Twinkle, "Go to my study and bring that wood carving!"

After a while, Twinkle brought over a fist-sized, black wood carving. Old Barty handed over the wood carving to Xie An, and Xie An was cautious. There is nothing out of the ordinary, it seems to be just an ordinary wood carving.

"It seems like it's just a very ordinary wood carving?" Xie An checked with his magic power, and there was nothing abnormal, so he had to ask.

"I thought so too, but my father gave him to me very solemnly, and told me to pass it on. Xie An observed again, the size of this wood carving was only a few dozen miles, the material was unknown, it was cool on his hand, and the carving was of a wizard holding a magic wand, as if he was about to cast a spell. The wizard is handsome in a wizard's robe, with a wand in his hand extended.

There's nothing monstrous about it, and it's no different from the art sold in ordinary gift shops. This kind of woodcarving, selling a child still likes it very much.

"This wood carving seems to be a child's toy?"

Old Barty sighed again and said, "I think there may be some father's intention in this, but I don't realize until now that it's too late." ”

Xie An studied it, but still didn't have any clue, and at this time, the flame of the fireplace began to dim, and before he knew it, several hours had passed.

"Mr. Crouch, I wish I could take this wood carving and let my teacher study it. Xie An said.

Crouch glanced at little Barty again, nodded, and said, "You should also be a Legacy Wizard, now the power of wizarding Britain, only the Death Eaters and you have the strength to enter Azkaban and take out the soul gem." Obviously, Crouch misunderstood Xie An's identity, and Xie An didn't want to explain more.

Mr. Crouch was able to talk to a child for so long, without the slightest contempt, probably because of this misunderstanding. However, he is actually a inheritance wizard, but this inheritance comes from Queen Anne.

Xie An got up to say goodbye, and little Barty, who didn't say a word the whole time, suddenly asked, "You just said that you were ready to go to Azkaban, are you going to find your mother's soul gem?" Old Barty was slightly stunned, and nodded with a wry smile.

Xie An took the lead out of the apartment without saying a word, and little Barty followed behind in silence. Tears filled up in his sparkling eyes.

"Take care. Old Barty said in an undetectable voice. Little Barty stiffened, but didn't look back, and he said to Twinkle, "Take care of the house, Twilight, I'll be back." ”