Chapter 251: Umbridge is gone, Percy is here, it's good, it's good. Both of these things are worth celebrating.
"This is your indemnity, Lovegood. A hundred Galleons in total, please count and sign for it. ”
Percy approached Luna and handed her a bag of gold coins, a piece of parchment, and a quill pen.
Luna took the bag of gold coins, then turned them over on the dining table, and counted them carefully under the hot eyes of her classmates.
Zhang Xu, who was sitting next to Luna, took the opportunity to ask Percy: "Percy, Umbridge only lasted a week, how long do you estimate how long you can last, is it enough for a month?" ”
Percy didn't want to talk to Zhang Xu and rolled her eyes at him.
Zhang Xu didn't give up, and continued to ask, "If you are driven away, who will the Ministry of Magic send over?" ”
Percy was asked by Zhang Xu and said, "Except for me, no one in the ministry wants to come, maybe a newcomer like Cedric will be appointed to come." ”
"That's just right, please be driven away in the afternoon." Zhang Qiu, who was sitting on the other side of Zhang Xu, said.
"Watch out for Professor Snape, he's going to do anything to become a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor." Zhang Xu said with an expression of "I'm good for you".
Percy ignored the two aunts and nephews, put away Luna's signed receipt, and left.
Luna looked at the big bag of gold coins in her hand for a while, looked at her healed left hand for a while, and then asked Zhang Xu, "Is this the money I exchanged for my body?" ”
Zhang Xu choked himself half to death with a sip of milk, and after recovering from it, he gave Luna a brain meltdown.
Zhang Xu found that he seemed to like to give Luna a brain collapse recently, did he not want to see the original version of the head-hugging squat, and then wanted to cultivate Luna's version of the head-hugging squatting defense?
Putting aside the bad taste in his head, Zhang Xu began to correct Luna's words.
Zhang Xu is curious to see how Percy will fulfill his task as a senior investigator.
The Ministry of Magic appointed Umbridge as the Senior Investigator on the pretext that the students had been harmed, and as a result, Umbridge was sentenced and the Ministry of Magic was disgraced.
Now the Ministry of Magic's excuse for appointing Percy as a senior inquisitor has been replaced by a review of the professors in Hogwarts to avoid the recurrence of professors like Umbridge who hurt students.
In order to deal with Umbridge, Zhang originally made a series of plans.
At first, he just wanted to make Umbridge restrain a little bit by exposing Harry's injuries.
As a result, an unexpected Professor Babling was killed halfway, so Zhang Xu simply made things bigger and solved Umbridge in waves.
Percy, who succeeded Umbridge, was clearly a different man from his predecessor.
Percy and Umbridge have in common in that they both have a strong desire for power, and both represent the interests of the Ministry of Magic.
Unlike Umbridge, who has been in a high position for many years and is accustomed to being overbearing with his power, the young Percy has a more flexible mind and a clearer understanding of the status quo.
The biggest difference between Percy and Umbridge is that Percy, who has just graduated and left school for more than a year, is more familiar with the current Hogwarts and knows himself and his opponent better.
Percy knew the current state of the students at Hogwarts, knew what the professors were thinking, and knew that a ghost, a ghost who wrote "Behind the Scenes" and read "Zhang Xu", hovered over Hogwarts.
Percy also faced quite a few problems at Hogwarts.
At the same time that Percy was familiar with Hogwarts, Hogwarts was also familiar with Percy.
In the face of the professors in Hogwarts, even Professor Zhang, Percy, who was a student more than a year ago, lost the momentum of Umbridge.
Many of the students at Hogwarts were familiar with Percy, not to mention that the Lion House had his three younger brothers, a younger sister, a brother-in-law, and a sister-in-law. Especially his prospective brother-in-law, he has a better relationship with his prospective brother-in-law than even others.
In such a situation, there is no pressure on the students who know each other to provoke Percy.
For Zhang Xu, Percy is always better than Umbridge, at least Percy is a person who can communicate and negotiate.
But Zhang Xu and Percy are in two opposing groups at the moment, and this is a matter of principle that cannot be compromised.
So when it was time to scold Percy, Zhang Xu would not be soft.
Percy, who had just left the cafeteria, dodged several water bags thrown by Peeves in a deserted hallway.
"Peeves!" Percy yelled, "Do you want me to go to Zhang Xu?" ”
"Mr. Zhang has allowed me to play pranks on the Defence Against the Dark Arts class to my heart's content this year!" Peeves said in a sing-like tone as he walked away through the wall.
Percy: ......
Zhang Xu, like the other students, was curious about how Percy would teach the students.
As a result, Percy and Umbridge are the two extremes.
Umbridge just let the students read the book on their own, while Percy explained the whole lesson in class.
In Percy's first class, he explained the relevant content of "The Theory of Magical Defence" very vividly and thoroughly, and often used the Basilisk battle and the siege of Hogsmeade by the werewolf army as examples to explain the content of the textbook in simple terms.
At the end of the lesson, the first-year freshmen were still puffed to hear. At lunchtime, they praised Percy for his level of class.
When it was time for dinner, Percy's reputation immediately took a 180-degree turn.
"He's no different from Umbridge." Luna said in her characteristic trance-like tone as she tossed cumin-sprinkled sausages into her plate.
"He was speaking the whole class, and we didn't have a chance to ask questions."
"We didn't touch the wand once until the end of class."
"I think he should go to a history of magic class."
Zhang Xu said in a helpless tone: "As long as we are still the Defence Against the Dark Arts class professor sent by the Ministry of Magic, we don't have to expect to be able to use magic wands in class." ”
"It's a conspiracy by the Ministry of Magic." Luna said.
"yes." Zhang Xu nodded and said, "But I don't have to worry about any more students being corporal punished." ”
Luna thought for a moment, answered Zhang Xu with an "um", and then stopped talking and concentrated on dinner.
Zhang Xu chatted with Zhang Qiu, who was sitting on the other side, about this year's Ravenclaw College Quidditch team.
In the last school year, a player graduated and quit the team, so the Quidditch team had to select regular players from among the substitutes, as well as substitutes from among the students.
The selection time is set for Saturday morning this week, and the new captain Zhang Qiu is in charge.
After dinner, Zhang Xu went to the Muggle Studies office to correct his homework.
Just as Zhang Xu finished his homework and was about to return to the dormitory of Eagle Academy, there was a knock on the office door.