Chapter 44: Fooling Harry with Evidence

"Zhang, Duobi is just ......"

"Harry, you're still too young and naΓ―ve." Zhang Xu interrupted Harry's words and said, "A killer, he won't have 'I'm a killer' written on his face. A qualified killer who will do what he likes to please you, make you trust him, and then give you the fatal blow when you are most relaxed. ”

"Think about it, you couldn't get into the platform when school started, and you were separated from Mr. Weasley and Mrs. Weasley, and there was no adult wizard by your side, if you didn't fly away in a car right away, if the Dark Lord's men wanted to avenge the Dark Lord at this time, do you think you and Ron still have a chance to live?"

"Dobby's Bludger today, you can feel it yourself, did you not want to kill you, or did you fail to kill you under your dodge?"

"On Halloween Eve, if you had arrived at that place before Lady Loris, it might have been you, Ron, and Hermione who would have been attacked."

"And Ginny was seriously injured in the attack, and there are still many suspicions."

"In such a short period of time, you with a special identity have encountered so many incidents, do you think it is all accidental?"

"Professor Dumbledore and I realized how dangerous it was for you to rest alone in the hospital room tonight, so Professor Dumbledore asked Professor Snape to work with me to protect you in the shadows."

Harry looked at Snape coming out of the other corner of the room, dumbfounded.

Zhang Xu walked over and patted Harry on the left shoulder, and continued, "I will hand Dobby over to Professor Dumbledore, you should trust that he will not wrong a good person, nor will he let a bad person go. ”

Harry couldn't accept such a statement for a while, but he couldn't deny that Zhang Xu was very reasonable, and he couldn't refute it for a while.

At this time, the wards opened.

Dumbledore then retreated into the room. He carried one end of a sculptural object with both hands.

A second later, Professor McGonagall appeared, carrying the thing's feet. Together, they put it on the bed.

"Go and call Madam Pomfrey." Dumbledore said to Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall hurried out.

Dumbledore looked at Zhang Xu, who pointed to Dobby, who was tied into a dumpling on the ground, and nodded to Dumbledore.

At this moment, Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey walked in.

"What's going on?" Madam Pomfrey asked Dumbledore in a whisper, leaning over to examine the statue.

"Another attack," Dumbledore said, "McGonagall found him on the stairs. ”

"It's Colin Creevey, and he's got a bunch of grapes by his side," Professor McGonagall said, "and we guess he's trying to sneak out here to see Potter." ”

Harry covered his face with his intact left hand, trembling all over.

Zhang Xu and Snape walked to the bedside together.

Zhang Xu saw that Colin's face maintained a stunned expression, his eyes were wide open, his hands were stretched out in front of his chest, and he was holding his camera.

"Petrified?" Madam Pomfrey asked.

"Yes," said Professor McGonagall, "shuddered at the thought of it, and who knows what would have happened if Albus hadn't happened to come downstairs." ”

Zhang Xu and the five of them looked at Colin intently. Dumbledore then leaned forward and pulled the camera from between Colin's stiff fingers.

"Could he have taken a picture of the attacker?" Professor McGonagall asked eagerly.

Dumbledore didn't answer. He pried open the back cover of the camera.

"OMG!" Madam Pomfrey exclaimed.

A hot breath sizzled out of the camera. Even Harry, who was three beds away, could smell the pungent smell of burning plastic.

"Melted," said Madam Pomfrey in astonishment, "it's all melted." ”

"What does that mean, Albus?" Professor McGonagall pressed urgently.

"That means," Dumbledore said, "that the Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again. ”

Madam Pomfrey covered her mouth with her hand, and Professor McGonagall stared blankly at Dumbledore.

"But Albus, you must know who it is?"

"Maybe that house-elf knows something." Dumbledore looked at Dobby on the ground.

"I have a truth teller in my office." Snape uttered the first words of the night.

After a few moments, Dumbledore calmed Harry and took Dobby away.

Madam Pomfrey checked Harry's hand and left.

Zhang Xu followed Professor McGonagall out and said to Professor McGonagall, "Professor McGonagall, can you take up your time?" Can you take me to the place where Colin Creevey was discovered? ”

Professor McGonagall glanced at Zhang Xu and nodded.

At this time, Snape followed and said to Zhang Xu: "Mr. Zhang, your performance tonight is terrible. ”

In the hospital room tonight, Zhang Xu and Snape have their own division of labor.

Snape is in charge of preventing the target's apparition from escaping, while Zhang Xu is in charge of capturing the target.

As a result, Snape did a good job, while Zhang Xu almost got away with it.

Zhang Xu smiled and said to Snape: "Professor Snape, I found that my strength is not enough, you can teach me two hands." ”

Snape, who was already familiar with Zhang Xu, was noncommittal, and after walking for a while, he said to Zhang Xu: "Come to my office tomorrow." With that, he turned around and walked towards the office in the basement.

"Professor McGonagall, teach me both hands too." Zhang Xu turned to Professor McGonagall again.

"What do you want to learn?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"Animagus."

"Aren't you afraid of turning into a fish in the end?"

ZHANG Xu:(~_~; )

"Come to my office when you have time. We're here. Professor McGonagall said.

The scene of the crime was a staircase that was about to descend into the hallway, where a bunch of grapes was still lying quietly.

After Zhang Xu asked where Colin had fallen at that time, he stood up.

Standing in Colin's position, Zhang Xu saw that there was a corridor directly under the stairs, and at the end of the corridor was a corner, and the wall could see the light shining from the corridor on the other side of the corner.

"It is likely here that he saw the shadow of the corridor lights over there, and then picked up his camera to take a picture and was attacked." Zhang Xu said to Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall nodded.

After the two found no valuable clues around, they went back to their respective nests.

When Zhang Xu left, he took the bunch of grapes with him.

Lying in bed, Zhang Xu had insomnia.

Today the wand was taken away by Dobby, and it hit Zhang Xu hard.

It's not that he's not lacking in strength, and he's not in the right mindset.

If Zhang Xu had been serious at that time, Dobby's "Except Your Weapon" would not have succeeded.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Xu has always had a heart for melee combat, he has been fighting military boxing with his father since he was a child, and his physical fitness is not bad, otherwise he would be like other wizards today, losing his wand is equivalent to surrendering.

After coming to Hogwarts, especially after relying on equipment to brush the basilisk alone, Zhang Xu had a mentality of looking down on the heroes of the world, so he underestimated the enemy and forgot Taizu's teaching of "despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically".

After realizing his mistake, Zhang Xu fell asleep while thinking about how to increase his strength.