Chapter 653: A Spy Among Us

When the sun shone through the window on Zhang Xu's face, he woke up from the bed in the dormitory.

Looking at the familiar ceiling, he felt a little stuffy in his chest, as if something was pressing on his body.

What happened last night? Zhang Xu thought about it carefully.

It turned out that everyone happily planned to have a drink before going to bed, chatted together, and then went back to sleep.

Later, it seemed that the topic turned to strange places, and then it seemed that there were more and more empty wine bottles on the table.

"It seems that it is really unreliable to alleviate post-war psychological syndrome by drinking alcohol and then sleeping with your head covered." Zhang Xu said in his heart.

The tragic scene of Hogsmeade has given everyone indelible memories, especially the tragic situation of the victims. Even Luna, who was missing roots outside of the magical beasts, couldn't stand it anymore after she returned, and Zhang Xu had to cast an amnesia spell on her.

And Zhang Xu relied on another method to transfer their combat effectiveness.

It's time to get up, Zhang Xu stretched his waist, and then touched what was pressing on him, well, one leg, two legs...... A lot of legs......

Today, Hogwarts still spends its days treating and caring for the seriously wounded. The evacuation of the wounded is a troublesome task, and the transfer can only be carried out until the condition of the wounded is stabilized, and it is estimated that the situation will drag on for a day or two.

Zhang Xu left the castle after simply solving the breakfast problem and feeding the ginger and fish cakes that had slept on top of him all night, and there was a meeting to be held at the pig's head bar this morning.

This area near the Hogshead Bar was one of the hardest hit areas of the Hogsmeade raid.

This was the main target of the Death Eaters, not only did they drop a large number of stone figures, but they also aimed at the buildings before the drops.

With the exception of the Hog's Head Bar and the two nearby houses that served as hospitals, which were saved by the Aurors' efforts, the surrounding buildings were reduced to rubble.

For a while, the pig's head bar actually had a feeling of standing out from the crowd. But that didn't make Scrimgeour happy.

There was still a little time to leave the meeting, and Scrimgeour and the other leaders hadn't arrived yet, but there were already many wizards from all over the world sitting in the conference room converted from the first floor of the hall and chatting.

Zhang Xu soon discovered the two Frenchmen that the big sisters had said last night.

A big fat man with obvious Celtic characteristics and red hair sat diagonally opposite Zhang Xu, his fat body was about to catch up with Zhang Giant Panda, this should be Obelix.

If someone asked Zhang Xu who a little man wearing a hat decorated with wings on both sides was, Zhang Xu's first reaction was Alalei. But the little wizard sitting next to Obelix now wore a hat with wings sticking out from either side, and his hair was blonde, but not much taller than Professor Flitwick. Presumably this is Asterix.

Now Zhang Xu already knew why the two of them were able to choke the four big sisters enough yesterday, and Asterix said there "quietly": "The British Ministry of Magic is really not good, being driven from London to such a far place. ”

Obelix followed alongside and said, "Yes, when I was outside just now, I thought I had come to Coventry fifty years ago. ”

The content of the deliberate "quiet" conversation between the two Frenchmen in English soon spread throughout the room, and the old Rodney, who was sitting opposite them, had a dark face.

"Alas, the British Ministry of Magic is indeed not good, and it has been driven from London to here seven hundred kilometers away." Zhang Xu's response to the French was a little unexpected, but everyone was relieved when they thought that his fiancΓ©e was French.

Asterix and Obelix looked at Zhang Xu, who was helping, with an obvious smile on their faces, it seemed that this French son-in-law was on his side when he was scolding Britain.

"When de Gaulle ran from Paris to London, he had only run more than 300 kilometers, less than half of the British Ministry of Magic."

"It is also fortunate that Weygand and Petain turned Paris into an undefended city before the German army entered the city, otherwise the Arc de Triomphe might have been blown up in the battle against the invaders, and the Germans would have had a headache if they wanted to parade there."

"Fortunately, the carriage is very well preserved, and it can still be used when I sign it the second time."

"But that's why French weapons sold so well after the war, after all, the only time they were used after opening was when they were thrown on the ground."

Who knew that Zhang Xu kicked the accelerator and turned the topic to "The tower is still there", and the smiles on the faces of Astalix and Obelix immediately froze, and then gradually disappeared.

It's okay if the two of them are wizards from the French Ministry of Magic, but the problem is that they are serving the ElysΓ©e Palace, which can't make them pretend not to know what Zhang Xu is talking about.

Zhang, apparently, had no intention of stopping, and then he looked at old Rodney, and then asked, "Mr. Rodney, do you know what to call the 100,000 Frenchmen who raised their hands at the same time?" ”

As a parliamentarian and an old-timer, the elder Rodney naturally can't be so aggressive as a young man like Zhang Xu, he taught Zhang Xu while drinking the coffee he had just served, "Don't make fun of the French Army anymore." ”

At this time, Old Rodney's eyes were full of relief when he looked at Zhang Xu, this young man is still good.

Just when Zhang Xu suggested that the little Italian friend sitting directly opposite him go to France to run for president and lead France to unify Europe, but she choked on coffee because she was shot while lying down, and she took out her 381mm wand and was about to hit someone, Scrimgeour and the others sat down at the conference table.

The meeting began, and the group stopped fighting and immediately became serious.

"One of us has a spy." Like an angry lion at this time, Scrimgeour looked around the room and continued, "It has now been ascertained that someone has stolen the location of our Ministry of Magic's Auror headquarters all over the United Kingdom, as well as the secret arrival of reinforcements the night before, and this person has given it to the mysterious man. ”

"We are filled with a heartfelt gratitude to wizards from all over the world for helping us fight the Mysteries and Death Eaters."

"However, this does not mean that we will be open to spy networks from abroad."

Although everyone came to help suppress and was not Scrimgeour's subordinates, everyone chose to deal calmly in the face of the angry Scrimthour. That spy cheated the British this time, and who knows if it will be on his head next time. After all, now everyone is in the same trench as the British.

The losses of the Ministry of Magic the night before were too heavy, except for Hogsmeade, the casualties of the Auror Command that were attacked all over Britain were close to 25%. Had it not been for Scrimgeour decisively getting Cedric to throw his recently recruited volunteers into battle, the final casualty toll would have been more than that.

After Scrimgeour finished speaking, a voice rang out, "So, who is this spy?" ”

It was Azagjaved from Poland who spoke, "Is any of us in collusion with the mysterious man?" ”

Azjavid had clearly done his homework before speaking, and he kept looking at Zhang Xu as he said his last sentence.

Zhang Xu just smiled, then picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.

For a while, everyone's eyes in the conference room were focused on Zhang Xu.

It's just that different people look at Zhang Xu with different expressions.

People present like Yuri, Mrs. Adams, and Old Rodney, as well as his leader Sukh Baru, who was already familiar with him and Zhang, looked at Zhang Xu with a playful expression, and they had already entered the mode of drinking coffee and watching the play.

Others who knew Zhang Xu but didn't know him too well, such as Professor Flitwick's short Italian relative. At first, she was surprised by Azjavid's unstated accusations, but after she found out about the performance of those who were familiar with Zhang Xu, she immediately realized that there was something hidden behind it, so she entered the curious mode.

Although the two representatives of the French government had a fight with Zhang Xu before the meeting, they now studied the coffee provided by the pig's head bar with the representatives of the French Ministry of Magic after just glancing at Zhang Xu.

As for the representatives of Japan, Germany, and other countries, they also found that the atmosphere was not right, and chose to stay out of the matter.

At this time, Azzajaved also noticed that there was a problem with the atmosphere in the conference room, and he thought at first that after he accused Zhang Xu without naming him, the angry Scrimgeour would first attack him, and then the two French wizards who had a conflict with him just now would make up for it, and then he would throw out a series of evidence that was very unfavorable to Zhang Xu to make a final blow.

Only now Scrimgeour's face was still dark, but he sat there without saying a word. He stopped talking, and neither did the others.

At this time, Azaljaved had to go into battle in person, he glared at Zhang Xu and said, "I have conclusive evidence to prove that Mr. Zhang, you have been deeply connected with Lucius Malfoy, a high-ranking member of the Death Eaters, for many years, and you have had many contacts with the mysterious man. ”

"Oh." Zhang Xu nodded casually, "Go on." ”

Azjaved was choked by Zhang Xu's attitude, and after a while he continued: "I have evidence here to prove that you had a secret conversation with a mysterious person on the roof of Gringotts in London on Christmas Eve last year. ”

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Then Aza Javed listed several pieces of information about Zhang Xu's contact with Voldemort and Lao Ma.

"Do you have anything to say about that, Mr. Zhang?" Azjaved concluded.

"There's another piece of information you've missed that is very important." Zhang Xu said while playing with the empty coffee cup, "The black trench coat that the mysterious man wore recently was given to him by me, and the broken sack he wore before was really ugly. ”

As soon as Zhang Xu's words were finished, those who were not familiar with Zhang Xu suddenly exploded and talked in low voices.

At this time, Scrimgeour took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and then said impatiently: "Hurry up and get to the point, everyone is busy today." ”

"As you wish, Your Excellency." Zhang Xu shrugged his shoulders, "Mr. Javid, I really don't know how Karkaroff taught you such a stupid Death Eater, if he was still alive, he would definitely put you in the toilet and drown." Before you detain the black cauldron to me, don't you first find out if I have any information leaked this time? ”

"How do you know? He said you were involved in ......" halfway through his words, Azaljaved immediately noticed that something was wrong with him, and immediately covered his mouth.

Zhang Xu pointed to the half-drunk coffee in front of him and said: "The latest type of truth spitting agent, it is colored and tasteful, but it still has a different flavor when put in the coffee, which is suitable for home travel, murder and arson......"

"Ahem......" Scrimgeour interrupted Zhang Xu's move to take the opportunity to advertise.

However, the faces of all of you here began to turn strange, and none of them were happy to spit out such a thing as a truth potion without you noticing.

Scrimgeour saw what everyone was thinking, so he pointed to Azjaved, who had just come in and pressed Azajaved on the table, and said, "Don't worry, only his coffee has a truth potion in it." ”

Hearing Scrimgeour say that, the others were relieved.

None of the people present were stupid, and they already knew that Scrimgeour and some others already knew the true identity of Azhajaved and what he had done, so they called everyone to come and witness together.

Diplomacy is no trivial matter, and if a friendly person who comes to help him in the name of a spy is likely to cause a big storm, so it is better to put this issue out for everyone to witness.

"It's because we didn't do our job well." Scrimgeour explained to everyone present, "Half a month ago, you all visited our Auror Command Headquarters together, and this Azzajaved was with you. ”

"It's just that our staff accidentally used a contact book of the Auror Command from all over the UK and didn't return it to the safe in time after using it, and as a result, Aza Javed who was visiting found it."

"Then Azjavid wrote down the contents of this contact book in a short time and informed the mysterious man."

"It's a good thing that every page of this booklet has a little magic to keep track of who has flipped through it, so Azaljaved is exposed."

"As for Mr. Zhang, our Ministry of Magic is aware of his actions, and some of them are authorized by us."

"And although the Auror command system of the Ministry of Magic was established with the help of Mr. Zhang and others, he only started to conduct installation training in a few places, and he didn't know the other details."

After Scrimgeour finished explaining, the uninformed finally figured out what had happened today. However, some people who did not know, such as why he knew that Azjavid was a Death Eater, and what his relationship was with Karkaroff, who had long been killed, still did not know, but they were all interested in not asking. Because from the last half of Azaljavid's sentence, it can still be judged that the Ministry of Magic planted spies among the Death Eaters.

At this time, Zhang Xu was also glad that he had opened his mind at that time, when he first designed this national joint defense system, he insisted on pasting a bunch of fingernail-sized video crystal sheets on all confidential documents to record the faces of people who had recently read the documents, otherwise he would not be able to plant a fight this time.

This is the end of the spy matter for everyone, and the next thing to discuss is the battle.

Considering that the Mystic could attack the tattered Hogsmeades at any moment, Scrimgeour had all the reinforcements ready for battle.