Chapter 334: Pony: Am I Easy?
After hearing Tonks say that Fudge was taking people to Hogwarts, Zhang Xu and Dumbledore's eyes became sharp.
It was not surprising that Fudge wanted to bring down Dumbledore, and it was strange that he could use a method that could be concealed from Dumbledore.
Now everyone who understands knows that Fudge's position is not ready to be kept, and as long as Voldemort shows his face in public, it will be the last two-pin socket to overwhelm Fudge.
In such a situation, it is not surprising that the people below should be careful.
For example, Scrimge, who is now standing next to Dumbledore, did not inform Fudge of tonight's action at all, but instead informed Rita Skeeter, which shows that he is now going to start building momentum for himself in public opinion, starting to cut off his relationship with Fudge in the media, and starting to build an image of a tough guy who never compromises with the dark wizard.
As for the presence of Dumbledore and a number of other citizens of HuΓ‘ng City at the scene of tonight's operation, they are eager to help.
And another group of wizards with the wrong painting style, they will not appear in the Daily Prophet at the moment, and their appearance needs a suitable opportunity.
Middle-level officials such as the head of the Auror Office in the Ministry of Magic have this understanding, so it is self-evident what other smart people think.
It's just that one of the Death Eaters has just been set up for a trap here tonight, and Fudge has a big move to do over there, which makes people have to think too much.
Whether Fudge was commanded by Voldemort's men, or whether Fudge had been secretly colluding with Voldemort for a long time, everything is possible.
When Scrimgeour heard that it was Hogwarts, he made an excuse and walked away, saying that he was not interested in Hogwarts affairs.
"I'll go back to Hogwarts first, Professor." Zhang Xu thought for a moment and then said to Dumbledore, "If Fudge's actions are related to tonight's incident, I will contact you again." β
Dumbledore thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back to 12 Grimmauld Place first, and if there is an emergency, you can contact me through the fireplace." β
Zhang Xu looked at Moody with a broken prosthetic leg, Black with a bloody face, and Lu Ping with a torn coat on the side, several members of the Order of the Phoenix, most of the members of the Order of the Phoenix are now injured and need Dumbledore to sit outside.
As for Hogwarts, if Fudge wants to find Dumbledore, just wait slowly, anyway, when the newspaper comes out tomorrow morning, he can explain why Dumbledore is not at Hogwarts tonight.
As for the Death Eaters taking the opportunity to invade Hogwarts again, Hogwarts, which had been prepared for a long time, was waiting for them.
Dumbledore picked up an unrecognizable prototype part from a Knight's bus from the ground, cleaned it up with a spell, and then made it into a portkey back to Hogwarts.
Just as Dumbledore was about to hand the portkey to Zhang Xu, he suddenly thought of something, and then said to Zhang Xu with a serious face: "If Fudge wants to remove me from the headmaster's position, then let Minerva take my place." β
Zhang Xu nodded solemnly, and then took the door key from Lao Deng's hand.
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At nine o'clock in the evening, in the middle of the Labyrinth of Hogwarts, the students who were practicing spells suddenly noticed that large holes appeared in the surrounding tree walls one after another, and then many people poured out of the big holes, and surrounded them in the blink of an eye.
But when the students saw that the people surrounding them were wearing the Auror badges of the Ministry of Magic, they fell into a state of confusion.
Practicing spells here by yourself is at most a violation of the school rules, and you can't let the Aurors arrest people, right?
And among the Aurors who just appeared, many people were also in a state of confusion.
While they were on duty at the Ministry of Magic tonight, the Minister himself came and said he was going to take them to investigate a big case.
In the blink of an eye, they were taken to Hogwarts by His Excellency.
Immediately afterwards, they were asked by Mr. Minister to surround the open space in the center of the labyrinth and not let anyone go.
At first, they thought that a dark wizard had infiltrated Hogwarts, and the minister was going to bring them to capture him.
In the end, they find out that Fudge has surrounded them with their pink juniors and juniors.
As in many places, night duty is the "privilege" of new employees, so most of the Aurors on duty at the Ministry of Magic tonight are newcomers who have only joined the company in the past two years.
Just a few years ago, Amelia Bones, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and Scrimthour, the head of the Auror Office, introduced a new policy that Hogwarts students who had participated in the Battle of the Basilisk and the Battle of Hogsmeade would be given priority in admission to the Aurors, and if they excelled in their vocational training, they could graduate early.
As a result, the new Aurors who joined in the past two years have all participated in the activities of the Defense Association that year, and most of them are recipients of the "Defender of Hogwarts" medal.
Now they looked at the familiar logo of the Defense Association hanging on the wall of the tree, and then looked at the scene in front of them as when they were still in school, when they practiced spells together, and suddenly found that they were dealing with their juniors and former comrades, which made them fall into confusion.
One of the Aurors also asked his seventh-grade girlfriend in the student group about what was going on today. When he picked up a girl who was frightened by the basilisk and fell down to the kitchen in the foyer, he never thought that he would come to Hogwarts to capture his girlfriend one day.
At that moment, Minister of Magic, Fudge, came in, walked under the tree wall with the logo of the Defense Association, and said to the students, "Look at what I have discovered, a group of students blatantly violating the education orders of the Ministry of Magic, where are you arguing the authority of the Ministry of Magic?" β
The students did not speak, but watched the performance of His Excellency the Minister in silence.
At this point, Professor McGonagall and the other four deans arrived in the labyrinth, along with Senior Investigator Weasley.
When Fudge saw Professor McGonagall coming, he said to her, "Minerva, how do you think these students should be punished?" β
At this point, Professor McGonagall's face turned pale, and she was heard speaking in an extremely cold voice, "I think they should be punished by deducting their house points." Gryffindor deducted 100 points, Ravenclaw deducted 100 points, Hufflepuff deducted 100 points, Slytherin ......"
Although everyone can trust Professor McGonagall's character, everyone is a little afraid that she will take the opportunity to take the Snake Courtyard to operate.
While all the teachers and students of the Snake Academy were sweating nervously, Professor McGonagall continued, "Slytherin deducts a hundred points. β
Not only the students present, but even the Aurors looked at Professor McGonagall with "I didn't think you were such a professor".
Fudge's face turned red with rage, and he turned to Percy and asked, "Our Supreme Inquisitor, I remember that the Ministry of Magic's education decree gives you the power to modify the punishments, sanctions, and deprivations you have imposed on other teachers. Do you think the vice-principal's punishment decision needs to be revised? β
Percy cleared her throat and said, "I think Professor McGonagall's punishment was too light. β
Fudge smiled and nodded at his young assistant, motioning for him to continue.
Percy then said loudly, "There should be twice as many points deducted for each house." β
Then Fudge waited for a long time to find that Percy was gone, and when he found that Percy had finished speaking, his whole face turned red again, and he looked at Percy incredulously.
If Fudge had a table in front of him now, he would have flipped it in Percy's face.
As far as the purpose of today's action is concerned, what kind of punishment is deducting college points, and what is the difference between this deduction and not deducting it.
"I want to know, who is your organizer and why does he organize such an event?" Fudge simply stated the goals of today's action.
At this time, Harry Potter just wanted to stand up, but found that his head suddenly hurt, and at the same time, he felt a little dizzy.
He didn't want to look foreign at this time, so he used brain occlusion, which relieved the pain on the scar.
Fudge saw that no one answered him, so he could only continue to himself: ".? I think it's supposed to be someone's Army. β
Fudge got it to such an extent that the students, no matter how stupid they were, could tell that he was going to create an opportunity to do something to the headmaster tonight. Everyone knows what the other names of the defense association are.
At this moment, an unexpected voice came from not far away.
". means only the Defense Association, Your Excellency."
It was an Auror brought by Fudge who spoke.
At this time, many senior students who knew the inside story looked at him with a smile.
"Because I came up with the name, and Mr. Percy Weasley was there at the time." The Auror said.
Percy, who knew what the minister wanted to do, found himself actually being pulled into the water at the moment, and he was simply sniffing in his heart.
Fudge didn't expect that he would be slapped in the face on the spot by the Aurors he brought, so he could only say to him with a dark face: "Maybe that was what you meant when you gave him this name back then, I think after so many years, its meaning may change." β
Hearing Fudge's strong words, the students present couldn't help but be in an uproar.
Fudge now found that Dumbledore had not appeared, and there must be something strange about it, so he felt that he should get to the point early and end it sooner.
"I guess someone can tell me what it really means?" Fudge pointed to the Defense Association logo and told the students.
At this moment, among the students who had been standing still, one of them walked out with his head held high, wearing a silver badge on his chest that few people had ever seen.
"Good evening, Your Excellency." Draco Malfoy walked up to Fudge and bowed slightly to him, "As a member of the investigative team authorized by the Ministry of Magic, I think it is my duty to tell the Minister what this emblem means. β
When Fudge saw the person who had written the report letter to him, he immediately said to Malfoy in a soft voice, "Then trouble you, Mr. Malfoy." β
Malfoy raised his spell and cast a spell on the banner on the tree wall: Appear!
I saw the "." on the flag. The two letters deformed like a cloud of silver mercury and then formed two words.
βDraco's Armyβ
For a moment, the students, professors, Aurors, and Fudge were all stunned.
And Xiao Ma, who was full of confidence just now, turned pale and transparent.