Hog's Head Bar is a small pub in Hogmodry. A tattered wooden sign hung from a rusty stand on the door, on which was painted a severed pig's head, blood seeping through the white cloth that encased it.

Zhang Xu walked into the bar and found that there was only a small, dark, and very dirty room inside, which exuded a strong smell of mutton. A few bay windows were covered with a thick layer of dirt, barely allowing the light outside, and a few candles lit on the rough wooden table. At first glance, I thought the ground was compacted mud, but when I stepped on it, I realized that the ground was originally paved with stone and had accumulated dirt for centuries.

With such a poor environment, Zhang Xu only saw it when he broadcast the black workshop that was confiscated in the news.

Before entering the store, Zhang Xu put on the hood on his robe to cover his face.

Like the other guests in the bar, Zhang Xu walked to a table in the corner with his head down and sat down.

There were many customers in the pig's head bar who blocked their faces tightly, and Zhang Xu's actions did not attract attention. In other words, people who walk in openly will seem out of place here.

After ordering a glass of butterbeer and putting it on the table, Zhang Xu sat on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.

A few minutes later, Zhang Xu, who heard a footstep approaching him, opened his eyes, and a wizard wearing a black robe who also hid his face in a hood sat opposite Zhang Xu.

The wizard on the opposite side sat in a chair, his body writhing unnaturally from time to time, appearing out of place with the place.

"Can't you meet in another place?" The wizard said.

"Do you want us to meet in Lady Padiv's teahouse?" Zhang Xu replied.

Zhang Xu's answer obviously choked the wizard opposite.

"Don't care about these details," Zhang Xu said, "what do you think of this business?" ”

The wizard replied, "The price you offered is too low. The amount of that thing you want, and it's too dangerous, I'll be in big trouble if I get caught. ”

"The price won't be higher, 998 Galleons has already reserved enough profit margins for you. That stuff is a bit of a hassle, but I don't believe it's a big deal for you. Zhang Xu said.

"You know, I'm being targeted by that red-haired guy, and if I get caught by him, we're all in trouble." The wizard explained.

"I don't believe your family has a way of hiding secrets. Well, you can supply it in batches. That's the bottom line. Zhang Xu said.

"If you can give me a promise, then I will agree to this condition." The wizard said.

"What promise?" Zhang Xu asked.

"If anything happens in the future, I hope you can shelter my son." The wizard said.

"As long as we cooperate happily in the future, our family can provide shelter for your son without harming the interests of my family." Zhang Xu said.

"Deal," said the wizard, "I'll let my son inform you when the goods are ready." ”

"Okay, I'll have someone pick it up then." Zhang Xu said.

"Some families are unhappy with the wizarding world right now." The wizard seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying.

"Huh?" Zhang Xu was a little strange.

"They're against our clan trading with you, so they're trying to disrupt the situation." The wizard said.

"How many families are there? What do you guys think? Zhang Xu asked.

"There are fewer than five of them. We don't have to deal with money. The wizard replied.

"And what are they going to do?" Zhang Xu then asked.

"Let you have some regrettable accidents." The wizard finished speaking and left.

Zhang Xu looked at the butterbeer on the table, looked at the environment of the store, and finally didn't dare to drink it.

Leaving the dirty and messy pig's head bar, Zhang Xu came to the streets of Hogsmeade Village and took advantage of this afternoon's time to go shopping again.

Zhang Xu visited the literati residence quill shop and bought a few quill pens for homework.

Then he went to the Wizard Costume Store and bought a dozen woolen socks for the winter.

After leaving Jokowi's magic joke shop, Zhang Xu saw a makeshift shed on the side of the road, crowded with students who wanted to buy things, including several wizards who lived in the village.

The curious Zhang Xu also squeezed over and found that it was Percy who sold the first issue of "Youth Magazine", and then he paid for a copy and came back.

With the newly bought magazine, Zhang Xu entered the three broom bar, found an empty table and ordered a cup of hot mead, drinking it while reading the magazine.

The cover of the magazine was a picture of the basilisk pounced on the students with its mouth open, and in the corner there was a picture of the students from two years ago hugging each other and shivering.

Flipping through the magazine, the first part is devoted to articles about the first few attacks of the basilisk.

The first article was titled "Shock! How can a pure-blood girl in Hogwarts be seriously injured?

In this article describing Ginny's injuries, he first interviews Madam Pomfrey, who was treating Ginny at the time, and then vaguely exaggerates the extent of Ginny's injuries, accompanied by a photo of Ginny covered in bandages and unconscious in bed after treatment.

The article also hints throughout that the murderer is so vicious that whether the victim is an eleven-year-old girl or a pure-blooded wizard, he will cast a vicious spell on the other party.

When Zhang Xu finished reading this article, if he hadn't examined Ginny's body at that time, he would have thought that the girl in the article was dying and dying soon.

The second article is titled "Cute Cat Attacked in the Night!" Is it the distortion of human nature, or the degradation of morality. 》

This article describes the petrification of Lady Loris on Halloween a year ago, and the article implies throughout that the murderer will not let go of you whether you are a two-legged person or a four-legged cat.

The title of the third article is "A teenager visiting a friend late at night, this kind of thing happened", and the title of the fourth article is "Can make people die twice, really, everyone is scared silly!" 》

Zhang Xuguang knows what the content is just by looking at the title. At the beginning, he was too talkative and gave Percy and them the method of shocking, but Percy and they played with it.

The second part of the magazine is a positive look at some of the recent policies issued by the Ministry of Magic. Zhang Xu could see at a glance that these Ministry of Magic officials who were reported positively were all in league with Percy.

In the third part, students who visited China during the summer vacation wrote about what they saw and heard during the exchange visit. Fortunately, these articles still record what they have seen and heard in the situation of travelogues, and have not yet issued a cry of "body loss and fart".

After reading the entire magazine, Zhang Xu found that Percy did a good job, the content was not only attractive, but also able to draw some people to his side.

Zhang Xu saw that the sky was starting to darken, so he drank the hot mead and went back to Hogwarts to prepare for a big meal.