Chapter 295: Intelligence from an undercover agent

When he walked out of the café, Zhang Xu saw a person walking towards the café from a distance, if Zhang Xu was not mistaken, that person should be Rita Skeeter.

As a Western journalist who is no slower than Cao Cao, it is big news that she will not appear in Hogsmeade after a big news tonight.

It's just that Zhang Xu has been receiving criticism and education from Professor McGonagall, and he can't go over to greet her, so Zhang Xu is afraid that the other party will write some shocking news.

From walking out of the café to returning to Hogwarts Castle, Professor McGonagall has been teaching Zhang Xu all the way, allowing Zhang Xu to learn a lot of ways to criticize students.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, Sunday, Zhang Xu slept until lunch.

When Zhang Xu walked into the cafeteria, the cafeteria, which had been chattering non-stop, suddenly quieted down.

A few seconds later, a louder discussion rang out, and Zhang Xu could tell from the eyes of the students that he was the focus of everyone's attention.

Inexplicably, Zhang Xu sat in his usual position, but the surrounding classmates kept squeezing his eyebrows and making eyes at him, a few boys gave him a thumbs up, and a few girls looked at him with shining stars in their eyes.

Zhang Xu, who couldn't figure out the situation, could only ask relatives and friends for help, but he got his aunt's (→◡→) again.

In the end, it was the kind Samaritan who handed Zhang Xu a copy of the "Prophet Daily", which allowed him to figure out the reason.

The headline on the front page of the Daily Prophet translated into Chinese was "Death Eaters Night Attack Hogsmeade, Mr. Zhang Rises to Heroically Save Beauty", reporter: Rita Skeeter.

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A picture at the beginning, the content is all edited, just look at the title Zhang Xu to know what is written in this report.

At this point, there was nothing to be done, and now almost all the wizards in Britain knew that he had protected four ladies and eliminated five dark wizards who had escaped from Azkaban.

It is estimated that the Ministry of Magic's prize money will come soon, and after Rita Skeeter makes a big deal about it, the Ministry of Magic can't pretend to be blind.

However, the report does not mention that these dark wizards have joined the Death Eaters, although they all have the unique mark of the Death Eaters on their hands, but there is no mention in the report, presumably Fudge suppressed the matter.

After Zhang Xu gritted his teeth and read the report, he looked at Zhang Qiu with a flattering face, and after signing a series of unequal treaties, Zhang Qiu promised not to tell Furong about it.

After eating and drinking, Zhang Xu came to the principal's office, and there were some things that had to be discussed with the principal. As a result, the stone statue guarding the door told him that the headmaster had not returned.

Zhang Xu turned to the basement again and found that Snape was not in his office either.

Judging from last night's situation, it is estimated that Voldemort's side is also in a mess now.

Fortunately, Rita Skeeter scribbled in the Daily Prophet, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters did not discover that Hogmodley was hiding a powerful outside force.

From the words of the news report, it can be seen that Zhang Xu alone eliminated the six Death Eaters who were not weak, but whether Voldemort believes it or not is another matter.

Rita Skeeter wrote last night's events as if they were happy, and if Voldemort believed them, they would have fun.

After dinner, Zhang Xu was called away by Dumbledore, who had just returned to Hogwarts.

When Zhang Xu arrived at the principal's office, Snape was leaving.

After a brief greeting, Dumbledore handed Zhang Xu the report that Snape had just given him.

Zhang Xu took the report and read it carefully.

Snape reported on recent movements of Voldemort and the Death Eaters and some other intelligence.

After absorbing a new batch of Pao Dead Eaters, the Death Eaters have now split into three factions.

The first faction, the Death Eaters, was made up of Death Eaters who had just escaped from prison in Azkaban, and who considered themselves the most loyal to Voldemort, believing that they could go to prison for Voldemort and were more loyal than those who found an excuse to get away with it.

The second faction, the Meritorious Faction, is the Death Eaters who were not imprisoned in Azkaban, and these Death Eaters say that we have been lying on our backs for more than ten years as traitors, and we finally got the boss back, so we have the most credit.

And the third faction is the new faction, the dark wizards who ran out of the Azkaban escape this time, these new Death Eaters have no qualifications and no merit, and are looked down upon by the die-hard faction and the meritorious faction at the same time, they can only huddle together to keep warm. And they are the most anxious to show their worth.

Although these Death Eaters behaved obediently in front of Voldemort, they were constantly intriguing behind the scenes, and some skirmishes broke out from time to time. And Voldemort turned a blind eye to these conflicts.

The die-hard faction and the meritorious faction look down on each other, and then despise the newcomers at the same time.

However, one of the Death Eaters reconciled between the die-hard faction and the meritorious faction, and the conflict between the two factions was Barty Crouch Jr.

From the point of view of the die-hards, Barty Crouch Jr. was imprisoned with them back then, and it was his ability to escape, so they regarded him as their own.

And the Meritorious faction was reconnected by Barty Crouch Jr. after meeting Voldemort, and was the head of the meritorious faction.

With him, a two-faced person, there was not much contradiction between the die-hard faction and the meritorious faction for a while.

At the Death Eaters returning from Azkaban, Voldemort learned that his ancestral ring had fallen into Zhang Xu's hand.

But Voldemort didn't react to this, and just asked Snape to step up his surveillance of Zhang Xu.

And now the friendly atmosphere of the die-hard faction, the meritorious faction and the budding faction is all maintained by Zhang Xu.

Both the die-hard faction and the meritorious faction were cheated by Zhang Xu for a lot of money, Zhang Xu was their common enemy, and the new faction wanted to use Zhang Xu as a vote to vent the anger of the elders.

So when discussing the issue of dealing with Zhang Xu, the three factions were in harmony.

Last night's ambush against Zhang Xu was strongly advocated by the new faction, and Voldemort was noncommittal about it, letting them take care of it themselves.

Barty Crouch Jr., on the other hand, acted with them in revenge for his arrest.

As a result, in this operation, five new Death Eaters died on the spot, one veteran Death Eater disappeared, and Zhang Xu was unharmed. This shocked the Death Eaters, but Voldemort expressed emotional stability, leaving the Death Eaters scratching their heads.

Not only were the Death Eaters confused, but Zhang Xu also agreed to be confused.

Last night, Zhang Xu thought that Voldemort had mobilized a group of elites to ambush him, and he was ready to fight with Snape without a trace.

As a result, except for Barty Crouch Jr., the other Death Eaters were not too strong.

After reading the information in his hand, Zhang Xu told Dumbledore about the battle last night.

In addition, Zhang Xu also mentioned the café and the speculation about the identity behind the café, which made Dumbledore focus his attention like never before.

Dumbledore naturally knew what the appearance of this café meant, and he couldn't help but be nervous.

After telling Dumbledore about yesterday's experience, Zhang Xu left.

For that café, Zhang Xu believed that Dumbledore would make a good choice.