"The big wardrobe dances at midnight."

In Diagon Alley, a wizard who had shrouded himself in black robes and hoods suddenly spoke from behind to a wizard walking in front of him in a low, hoarse voice.

In recent times, wizards dressed like this have not been uncommon in Diagon Alley.

"Ah, what kind of nonsense is that?"

The accosted wizard looked back at the other with caring eyes, then quickened his pace to avoid it. Now the situation is weird, maybe those wizards who don't look normal will kill themselves in the next second.

The wizard who had hidden himself didn't show anything out of the ordinary, instead turned his attention to the few other wizards in Diagon Alley.

Diagon Alley is now in an unprecedented depression, most of the shops have closed, many of them have been emptied, and when you look through the windows, there are only empty shelves and counters.

The shops are closed, and the customers are naturally not coming.

Since Voldemort's high-profile appearance last year, business in Diagon Alley has been getting worse day by day. In addition to purchasing necessities, shamans reduced the need for consumption in order to save their lives. As a result, Diagon Alley, the commercial hub of the whole of the UK, has been hit by the streets.

Not all stores sell items that are as suitable for owl delivery as those in Weasley's Magic Tricks, such as the Florin Cold Drink Shop, as well as the Ellaowl Shop and the Fantastic Zoo. Sending ice cream with an owl is barely feasible, but it is difficult to send owls and other pets with an owl.

Not long ago, after the Ministry of Magic transferred to Hogsmeade, the merchants in Diagon Alley saw that the situation was not right, so they closed for two or three days to see which direction the wind was blowing.

At this time, the staff of the Ministry of Magic approached the owners of each family and suggested that they go north together to work together.

When the bosses first found out they were going to move to Hogsmeade, they actually refused because they thought, you can't tell me to move right away. First of all, we have to think about it, and we don't want to say, who knows how long you can last in Hogsmeade, if you are finished before Halloween, then the mysterious man will definitely scold us, and you will die a great death, proving that your conscience is greatly broken. We said to think about it for us first, and then we found out that they were reliable, and they didn't take too much advantage of the mysterious people, and they stayed for half a month, and after this half a month, at least we couldn't see that they were going to finish.

After the news spread that Hogsmeade had repelled two Death Eaters attacks and killed Karkaroff, the merchants of Diagon Alley were already getting excited.

After the news of the zombies in the Death Eaters spread, rumors spread throughout the British wizarding world that the mysterious man ordered his men to catch men and women every three or five in Diagon Alley, and catch children to be zombies on Sundays.

In just two days, this rumor has been dressed up in a boiling light, and at the same time, it has become more and more logical and self-consistent in the process of evolution.

In the end, even Voldemort believed these rumors, and even asked about the matter during the daily work meeting, which made Snape, who was a little absent-minded, confused.

And the originator of this rumor is dreaming of slimes in bed at this time.

It's just that in this way, the businesses in Diagon Alley are crowded.

And what made the bosses in Diagon Alley decide to move north was the dark wizards from Tumbledown Alley.

Since the beginning of this year, more and more dark wizards have defected to Voldemort, and these dark wizards naturally did not come to England to be homebodies, and they naturally ran to the side of Tumbledown Alley. For a while, there were so many dark wizards in Diagon Alley that even the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic didn't dare to care. Now that the boss they defected to is in power, they are even more unscrupulous.

"I don't need money to go to the restaurant in the Leaky Cauldron Bar, let alone eat a few ice creams from you."

Florin Fosco, the owner of the cold drink shop, was captured by the Death Eaters.

This incident became the spark that ignited the fuse, and the other merchants of Rabbit Dead Fox Grief packed up the goods in the store overnight and went north to Hogsmeade.

When Malfoy, the Pseudo-Minister of Magic, arrived the next morning, there were only a few shops in Diagon Alley open except Gringotts with Death Eaters behind them.

It is said that the old horse's face was extremely ugly at that time.

Prior to 1752, the general tenancy of a merchant in England stipulated that the traditional days of payment of rent were four times a year, namely 25 March, 24 June, 29 September and 25 December. The International Secrecy Act was signed into force in 1689, so these days in the English wizarding world have also been preserved, and they have become the days of rent and taxes.

Now the funds of the pseudo-magic ministry can be said to be stretched, and when there is still a month before the tax collection, a large number of large taxpayers have run away, and Lao Ma is not so angry that he died on the spot, which is considered to be his inner strength.

The wizard who was walking in Diagon Alley at this time hid himself under his robe and hood thought of this, and remembered that the old man's face was darker than the bottom of the pot at that time, and he couldn't help laughing.

The Ollivanders wand shop is now closed and moved north, and the place where the sign that reads "Ollivanders: A Wand Made Since 382 BC" is now empty, with a thin layer of dust on the door frame.

The wand shop of the Ollivanders family, which has now temporarily moved to Hogsmeade, is run by Ollivander Jr., Ollivander's son.

The elder Ollivander disappeared last year, and everyone can think of who captured him with their toes. Old Ollivander is an extremely important talent, and the Ministry of Magic has been trying to rescue him, but it has never been able to find the place where he was held, and there is no news, so it can be said that no one is alive or dead.

Now the one who is looking for someone to connect in Diagon Alley has no problem with this, and after Majiazhuang was burned, he doesn't know where Voldemort and the others have landed now.

"But did he jump for the dresser or the candlestick?"

Not far from the former site of Ollivander's wand shop, another wizard, who had also hidden himself under his robes and hood, answered the other man's code in a shrill voice.

"I'm selling these kugit tapestries. Do you want to buy one? ”

"Yes, I want to buy one, do you have a blue one?"

"Yes, it's as blue as the blue of the pure world."

"Then I'll show me tomorrow night."

The two wizards separated after a few words like friends they hadn't seen in a long time, and then disappeared into the fireplace of Gringotts Hall.