Chapter 378: Malfoy on the Verge of Arrest
Since he got on the line with the British government, Zhang Xu has been given partial access to the relevant information of senior British government officials.
Bernard Woolley, the personal secretary of British Prime Minister Jim Harker, was a somewhat stubborn man who could not tolerate grammatical errors in those he spoke to. On top of that, he will tell bad jokes and spoil the atmosphere.
Such a big man waited for himself here, which made Zhang Xu nervous.
However, his arrival should have been a personal decision of Jim Harker, not the decision of the British Prime Minister, otherwise it would have been Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Cabinet Secretary.
Due to the big difference in status and age between the two sides, Zhang Xu couldn't see the other party's cold humor, but experienced his strict requirements for grammar and tone.
Zhang Xu thought that Bernard Woolley had come to him for an informal discussion, a comprehensive and frank exchange of views, and thus a series of plans that eventually led to a variety of feasible research objectives, and after proceeding from this, he concluded that there were some other options, perhaps in some cases, that could be carefully supplemented by the established guidelines, in order to achieve common ground while reserving differences, and to find a way for both sides to have conditional compromise and cooperation, if both sides could implement them, and at the same time make appropriate concessions, if the situation permits, Perhaps in the end, it is possible to create conditions that will lead to a mutually satisfactory solution, whether the process is correct or not.
But Zhang Xu thought about it carefully, diplomatically the most important thing is reciprocal exchanges, why should he make a deal with a deep-sea giant like the other party.
Sure enough, as soon as Bernard Woolley opened his mouth, he regarded today's meeting as a small talk, but the main content of the small talk was the movements of the wizarding world in recent years.
After a few verbal hints from Bernard Woolley, Zhang Xu figured out that His Excellency the Prime Minister wanted to grasp the latest trends in the wizarding world from a different channel, and by the way, to understand the historical context of some things. I just don't know who pulled himself out.
However, such a thing is a once-in-a-lifetime good thing, and Zhang Xu naturally will not give up this rare opportunity.
So today has become Zhang Xu's story meeting, and he has worked hard to tell the story in detail and wonderful.
In about two and a half hours, today's story will come to an end, Bernard Woolley has something to go back to London, and he hopes to invite Zhang Xu to tea next time. Zhang Xu took the opportunity to give a copy of "The Biography of Dumbledore" signed by Lao Deng to the Prime Minister in his personal name.
Within two minutes of Zhang Xu walking out of the café, his mobile phone rang.
When I took out my mobile phone, I looked at the caller ID, which was the work phone of the embassy. It was the ambassador's secretary who called, and Zhang Xu learned the ins and outs of today's incident after talking.
British Prime Minister Jim Harker often invited ambassadors to dinner because of chef problems.
Not long ago, he invited our ambassador to lunch, during which he vaguely mentioned the affairs of the wizarding world, and at the same time, Jim Hack expressed his routine dissatisfaction with the envoy for forcibly arresting people on British land without authorization. Then the ambassador routinely emphasized that the friendship between the two countries has a long history.
In the end, Jim Harker complains that his knowledge of his country's magical community is still very limited, and the ambassador recommends him to a person who knows the best thing about British magical world.
After knowing that he was sold by the ambassador, Zhang Xu just wanted to give the ambassador a thick red envelope. Because his company will definitely go abroad in the future, if he can catch the line of the current prime minister at this time, it will undoubtedly be much easier to work in the future.
If it weren't for the fact that Lao Deng hadn't been at Hogwarts recently, Zhang Xu would have suggested that he invite the Prime Minister and his secretaries to Hogwarts for Halloween dinner.
After making the call, Zhang Xu put away his mobile phone, and then he planned to go to the Three Brooms Bar for a drink.
Just as Zhang Xu walked to the central street, he suddenly heard a scream coming from the direction of returning to Hogwarts.
He looked in the direction where the screams were coming from and saw a student flying in the distance, while several students below were trying to pull the student down.
Due to various reasons, Dumbledore did not take back the communicator used between the professors at Hogwarts in Zhang Xu's hand, so Zhang Xu immediately sent this situation in the communicator at this time.
After putting away the communicator, Zhang Xu immediately walked through the alley between the houses to the back door of the Three Broomsticks Bar, and then began to carefully observe the traces of people walking on the ground.
Due to a sleet last night, the weather is cold and windy today, and many places are now covered with hoarfrost.
Soon, Zhang Xu found a string of fresh footprints at the back door of the Three Broomsticks Bar. After casting a spell on himself, he followed the footprints.
The owner of this series of footprints obviously had no experience in anti-tracking, and just walked straight into the depths of Hogsmeade in the alley behind the house.
In less than a few minutes, Zhang Xu blocked the owner of this series of footprints in an alley where no one was.
Malfoy, hurrying along with his head down, noticed that someone was blocking the other side of the alley, so frightened that he jumped backwards and immediately drew his wand.
"I don't think you're so nervous because you're afraid of being attacked by the Death Eaters." Zhang Xu smashed the palm of his left hand with his right hand holding the "This Facing Enemy" while staring at Malfoy and said, "I think the other Death Eaters are still afraid that you will find them trouble." ”
After Zhang Xu finished speaking, his eyes fell on Malfoy's left arm.
And Malfoy, like a girl who was being targeted (○○), subconsciously covered his left arm with his right hand.
Just then, a group of three patrolling Aurors walked up to the neighborhood and spotted the two confronting each other in the alley.
"What are you doing?!" The leading Auror shouted as he walked into the alley.
"Hey, you're Zhang?" The Auror who took the lead asked after seeing Zhang Xu.
"Long time no see, Thomas." After Zhang Xu turned around and saw the visitor, he greeted him with a smile, "Let Percy be your boss, what do you think?" ”
Thomas was speechless about Zhang Xu's pot not opening and mentioning which pot, because he was two years older than Percy, and he was the president of the male student union in the year Zhang Xu first entered the school, and he was in charge of Percy, who had just become a prefect. And he and Zhang Xu are friends who have brushed Quirrell's copy together.
At this time, Zhang Xu found that the other two Aurors were also acquaintances, and they had brushed the basilisk copy together back then.
The three of them soon discovered that the other classmate who was now in a cold sweat on his forehead was Draco Malfoy.
One of them, the former Slytherin Auror named Marcus, asked, "What are you doing with Malfoy, Zhang?" Did he commit something? ”
Marcus clearly had a friendship with Malfoy, and his tone had the intention of being a peacemaker.
They came from the other side of Hogsmeade, obviously not knowing what was happening on the way back to Hogwarts, otherwise with their knowledge of Zhang Xu, they would definitely think that Zhang Xu was catching the murderer.
"I was in the Three Broomsticks bar just now when I noticed a man's figure coming out of the women's bathroom and leaving through the back door." Zhang Xu said nonsense, "So I chased that figure to this neighborhood, but I accidentally lost someone when I was nearby, and then I happened to meet Malfoy here, and I wanted to ask him if he saw any suspicious people nearby." ”
Immediately after, the three Aurors looked at Malfoy's eyes sharpening.
At that moment, a figure scurried into the alley and said, "Can I ask you a few questions?" ”
When Malfoy saw the woman with a parchment in one hand and a dark green quill in the other, his pale face suddenly became whiter than snow, and for a moment he even thought about calling the boss to bring someone over and kill the people in front of him.
And Zhang Xu greeted her with a smile: "Ms. Skeeter, congratulations on your final discharge from the hospital." ”