Chapter 365: Burning Majiazhuang
It didn't take long for the first weekend after school started.
When Zhang Xu came to the cafeteria, many classmates greeted him one after another, and at the same time said jokes such as "We will call you Your Excellency in the future".
The Ministry of Magic did not deliberately conceal the award of the Order of the Order of the Order of the Merlin Regiment, and Zhang Xu was not the only one who awarded the medal at the same time. There is no need to deliberately inquire, Zhang Xu knew from the discussion of his classmates a few days ago that there were several people who were awarded the medal at the same time as him this time.
Not to mention that Zhang Xu's aunt also revealed some insider information behind the list to him.
After Zhang Xu got the award list, combined with the inside information behind it, he had to admire the current Minister of Magic, Scrimgeur.
This lion-like minister is not only vigorous and resolute, but also has a delicate side.
As usual for breakfast on weekends, the students were under no pressure to wait for class and chatted as much as they could before the owl rain arrived.
Today is the day when the Quidditch team at the Eagle House recruits new players, and many students who are interested in joining the team have asked the veterans about recruitment.
At the same time, several first-year freshmen came to Zhang Qiumaosui to recommend themselves, believing that they were good enough to reach the standard of a full-fledged player in the first year like Harry Potter did.
Zhang Qiu, who was tired of it, could only send them to the flying club by the lake to fly the most difficult obstacle course around the lake first, and then take the results to the Quidditch pitch to find her.
After Zhang Qiu sent the freshmen away, it was time for the owl rain.
After experiencing some chaos, Zhang Xu got the "Prophet Daily" that he ordered.
Today's headlines shocked the students who read the newspaper in an instant, and the students who did not subscribe to the newspaper asked for the news from their classmates who were stunned by the news in the newspaper.
Zhang Qiu looked at the newspaper in Zhang Xu's hand and asked in surprise, "This can't be fake news, right?" ”
"I guess that should be true." Zhang Xu looked at the newspaper and replied, "This kind of thing can't be faked." ”
Then, like other students who read the news in the newspaper, Zhang Qiu looked at Malfoy with sympathy, who was sitting at the table in the Snake Courtyard.
Today's front page headline in the newspaper was "Shocked! Malfoy Manor was attacked and burned down! 》。
News reports say that late last night, Arthur Weasley, director of the Office of Surveillance and Seizure of Counterfeit Charms and Protective Equipment, led a raid on Malfoy Manor. It is reported that his team took action only after receiving information from an informant who had secretly revealed it.
However, when Arthur Weasley and his men arrived at Malfoy Manor, they found that the main buildings of the manor were on fire, and the gardens of the manor were clearly marked by battles.
Arthur Weasley immediately reported the situation to the Ministry of Magic, and the Minister of Magic, Scrimgeur, and Percy Weasley, the head of the Auror Office, immediately led a team to the scene to carry out emergency response work.
As of press time, the owners of Malfoy Manor, Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, are still missing.
The report was accompanied by an aerial photo of the Malfoy house smoking, presumably taken from the sky by the photographer on a broomstick.
Zhang Xu looked at Malfoy, and the pony had his back to Zhang Xu, so Zhang Xu couldn't see how his expression was, but judging from the shaking of the newspaper in his hand, it was obvious that his heart was not calm.
In this regard, Zhang Xu can only "hehe".
"Do you know who did it?" Zhang Qiu on the side asked Zhang Xu.
Zhang Xu shook his head and smiled without saying a word, he was not involved in this matter. This kind of layered action is not something that he, a little shrimp, can participate in.
It can be said that the only person in Hogwarts who knows the details of this matter is Zhang Xu, even Dumbledore is estimated to only know a rough idea, and Snape is estimated to be still confused.
In March this year, it took a week to call it a day, and some people almost had to write persuasion forms to the elderly.
However, not long after the holiday, the top combat force encountered the collapse of the Brockdale Bridge, causing several casualties among international students.
After learning that the British government was unable to arrest the murderer, he called Zhang Xu, who was recuperating in the mountains, overnight to ask for his opinions and suggestions, and the next day organized several tour groups to go to Britain for "tourism", by the way, to see if they could get some local products called "Death Eaters".
And there is more than one domestic plan for this, as far as Zhang Xu knows, France and Russia also have teams to the UK.
This is a very serious diplomatic problem, but the British government is not able to deal with it. Just like at the Quidditch World Cup, the activities of foreign wizards in the UK are under the control of the Ministry of Magic. That's why British Prime Minister Jim Harker was so angry with Fudge and Scrimgeur.
Jim Haacke didn't stop the government army wizards in charge of security in the office at the first time, subduing the two ministers of the Ministry of Magic and the Aurors who came to be bodyguards, somewhat because he felt very angry when he saw this scene.
Before the start of school, Zhang Xu learned that the "tour groups" of the three countries had been jointly organized, and the investigation of "local specialties" had made some progress.
No matter how detailed the information is, because Zhang Xu's official status level is not high enough, Zhang Xu still knows about the secrecy discipline, so he can only reason about the progress of things through some information he knows.
Now it seems that they were gathering information and waiting for the other side to lose their vigilance before attacking one of the most important gathering points of the Death Eaters.
And Voldemort hides a lot of "nails" in the Ministry of Magic, so every time the Ministry of Magic has an action, Voldemort can arrange it accordingly in advance.
And this time in the face of an attack from outside the Ministry of Magic, Zhang Xu estimated that Voldemort was blind.
As for the missing Lao Ma couple who no one knows where, Zhang Xu has nothing to worry about. If the family doesn't have anything to save their lives for hundreds of years, then it can't be said, maybe now the two of them are hiding somewhere.
As for Pony-san, Zhang Xu doesn't think he can know much.
Now Zhang Xu can only wait, waiting for the situation report from the embassy, waiting for the information from Rita Skeeter's side.
What happened yesterday can be said to be a landmark event in recent years.
If it had been locked up in previous years, Zhang Xu would have racked his brains to think about the impact.
And now......
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After breakfast, Zhang Xu lay on the lawn by the lake like a salted fish, basking in the sun.
Anyway, there are people up there to handle this matter, so he is happy to be idle and wait for tonight's party.