Chapter 437: Old Deng's Relic
In front of the No. 233 vault on the ground floor of Gringotts, today's duty manager and a few security guards are standing guard outside, while Zhang Xu is taking inventory in this vault where he keeps his private money.
When Voldemort returned from the cauldron two years ago, Zhang Xu took a large amount of extra money from a group of Death Eaters, and later gave Harry Potter half of it as money from his blood.
After Zhang Xu took the Hufflepuff Gold Cup, he never came back to this vault, so he didn't know exactly how much money and how many things were stored in it.
Especially later, he used the gold coins in this vault as a favor, and allowed Dumbledore to borrow the money here as the operating expenses of the Order of the Phoenix, as long as Lao Deng put the IOU in the vault, Lao Deng's character Zhang Xu can still be trusted.
So this vault is only known to Zhang Xu and Dumbledore, and when Zhang Xu heard Harry say that the dice that Dumbledore left for him only rolled the two and three numbers, he could be sure that what Dumbledore left for himself was placed here.
It's just that this vault, which has never been taken care of, is really a bit messy, and I don't know what Dumbledore put here, so Zhang Xu simply asked the goblins at Gringotts to help count it.
Several Gringotts goblins who specialize in inventory work are busy in the vault at the moment, they are Gringotts' specially trained employees, and under the constraints of magic, they are not afraid to reveal the secrets of the client's vault.
The first to complete the work was the elf in charge of counting the stack of IOUs written by Dumbledore, who listed the time, amount borrowed, notes, and total number of IOUs written by Dumbledore over the years on a piece of parchment.
Zhang Xu took a look at the summary table of Dumbledore's loans counted by the goblins, and found that Lao Deng had been borrowing money since 1996, and he didn't borrow much at first, but as time went by, the amount of single loans became higher and higher, and in the end, the total amount of loans had reached a very high number.
"Didn't he plan to pay it back in the first place, or did he think I wouldn't pay him back?" Zhang Xu looked at the list and said to himself, "And this matter must not be known to the outside world." ”
Zhang Xu was sure that if this matter leaked out, a reporter's news the next day must be that he asked Voldemort to help Dumbledore collect the debt, and Dumbledore shouted at the Death Eaters, "I borrowed money with my ability, why should I pay it back, if I don't have money, I want to die!" Then his life was gone.
After reading the loan summary table, Zhang Xu flipped the next page, and then he was surprised to find that this page only had two lines, the first line was "Repayment Summary Table", and the second line was the record of Dumbledore repaying the loan in kind.
"You go get this." Zhang Xu pointed to the repayment record and said to the goblin next to him.
After the goblin left, Zhang Xu began to study this strange repayment record.
He found the undated repayment note at the bottom of a stack of IOUs, the handwriting on it was Dumbledore's, and the old Deng paid it back for two hundred and thirty-three Galleons in a box.
However, the repayment time written on the repayment summary table was July, Zhang Xu pinched his fingers and calculated, that day happened to be Lao Deng's resurrection night.
When the goblin came back with a half-meter-long black wooden box, Zhang Xu asked him, "How did you know the date?" ”
"The magic of the Gringotts vault will mark the time of entry for every item that enters the vault, and only the goblins can see it." The goblin said.
Zhang Xu nodded, then hurriedly walked out of the vault with the black box, and asked the manager on duty who was guarding the door outside, "Who took this box to store it?" ”
The manager on duty glanced at the box in Zhang Xu's hand, then took out a record book, looked for it for a while, and said, "The only person who entered the vault that day was the Hogwarts house-elf, and it had a certificate to enter the vault. ”
"Thank you." Zhang Xu said disappointedly.
Zhang Xu, who returned to the vault, suddenly lost interest, and after the goblins counted all the items and gold coins in the vault, he asked the goblins to go out first, and then he cheered up himself to look for clues that Dumbledore might have left in the vault.
After carefully rummaging through the vault three times, Zhang Xu had to make sure that the only thing Dumbledore left for himself was the black wooden box, except for the stack of IOUs.
It was an ordinary wooden box that was not slippery in black, and a thin rope trapped it tightly.
Magic was applied to the rope, and Zhang Xu tried several methods previously agreed with Dumbledore before untying it.
After opening the box, Zhang Xu was stunned.
In addition to a double delphinium mechanical mouse without a mouse line, there is also a magic wand.
The mouse that had cast a little magic was a token of his access to the vault, and Dumbledore had apparently returned it.
And what's even worse is the wand on the side, if Zhang Xu is not mistaken, this wand is the legendary old wand that Dumbledore has been using.
Zhang Xu looked at this wand with a confused expression, which he wanted to borrow several times to play with, but Dumbledore never agreed, and he couldn't understand what Old Deng was thinking.
Zhang Xu checked the box again, there was no information such as letters and notes, and there was no text left on the box, even the mouse he opened it, but found nothing.
Looking at the old wand in his hand, Zhang Xu felt that it was like a roasted sweet potato that had just been taken out of the fire, although it was very fragrant, it was also very hot.
Having said that, this guy should be Lao Deng's funeral goods, Zhang Xu thought.
Could it be that Old Deng learned from his old friend that Voldemort was looking for the Elder Wand, so he gave the Elder Wand to himself, if Voldemort learned about it again......
Zhang Xu didn't want to go down anymore, if this was the case, unless he honestly handed over the old wand, Voldemort would definitely attack him, even if one of his children was in his hands. People like Voldemort who have not experienced the warmth of family have a better chance of choosing a career between career and family.
Zhang Xu asked himself if Voldemort threatened himself with his own life, even the lives of his relatives and friends, if he would hand over the Elder Wand.
Of course it will, Zhang Xu thought, let alone ask for the old wand, even if Voldemort asked him to hand over Harry Potter, he would tie up the bomb on Harry with tears in his eyes, and then pack Harry and send it over.