Chapter Twenty-Nine: Basilisk Infested
"I heard that during Defense Against the Dark Arts class on Friday, Professor Lockhart unleashed a bunch of Cornish elves, making a mess of the classroom, and finally asking the students to clean up the mess themselves." Qi Fangdao.
"Yes, but according to Professor Lockhart, he wants to train his students on their practical experience. Thankfully, no students were injured as a result, so things weren't too bad. Hagrid said, adding in a whisper. I think that guy is just a faΓ§ade, and to be honest, I haven't read a single of his books...... Don't tell him about it, or Professor Lockhart will blow up. β
"Me too." Qi Fang laughed hehehe.
As they spoke, they noticed a crowd of people gathered in front of the castle, members of the Quidditch teams of Gryffindor and Slytherin houses, who seemed to be rubbing and smelling of gunpowder.
"What are they doing? Oh, I hope not to fight. Hagrid saw the situation from a distance, and hurried over, saying as he went.
"I'm afraid your wish is going to be disappointed." Qi Fang shrugged.
Decora Malfoy seemed to say something defiant, which made Hermione's face very ugly, and Ron immediately drew his wand and cast a spell at Malfoy, but his wand went wrong, causing the magic to bounce back and hit him, bounce himself away.
When Qi Fang and Hagrid walked over, Harry and Hermione had already picked up Ron's eyes, and Ron's expression was very ugly, and he opened his mouth to spit out a disgusting bug.
"What's wrong with him?" Hagrid Road.
"Hagrid, you've come just in time. Ron had just used the Slug Spell and ended up falling under the spell himself. Hermione said quickly.
"Oh, that's terrible, bring him here first." Hagrid looked at Ron sympathetically and said to Harry and Hermione.
Harry and Hermione immediately helped him to Hagrid's Forester's Hut, Hagrid had nothing to do with Ron's condition, and Qi Fang didn't know anything about magic.
At noon, Professor McGonagall found Harry and Ron in the hall and punished them. Harry needs to help Lockhart reply to his book fans, and Ron needs to go to the trophy room to wipe the trophy.
At night, Su Quan heard a strange whisper, his voice was indistinct, and there was a cold killing intent in his tone.
"I sense the basilisk." Su Quan said.
"Where?" Qi Fang's spirit was shocked, and he didn't doubt Su Quan's words at all.
"Over there, it's close, it's moving, going downstairs." Su Quan looked to the left, although she was not a snake whisperer, but she had the blood of the great god Nuwa, as we all know, Nuwa is a half-human and half-snake god, which can be regarded as the ancestor of snakes, and has an innate sense of all snakes.
"Let's go, go over and have a look." Qi Fang said immediately.
The three of them left the room and rushed downstairs under the leadership of Su Quan, where they met Harry and his two friends around the corner of the hallway, and the three of them were in a hurry, seemingly chasing something.
"What are you doing here?" Qi Fang asked.
"Mr. Qi Fang, I'...... I heard a strange sound, moving rapidly through the walls. Harry said, he still trusted Qi Fang.
"Strange sounds? Can you still hear it? Qi Fang raised his eyebrows and asked quietly.
Harry shook his head.
"Look over there." Wan Wan said suddenly.
Several people followed her gaze, their pupils couldn't help shrinking, and Ron and Hermione exclaimed, "Ah, it's Lady Loris!" β
Not far ahead, Filch's cat was hung upside down from a barrel of torches in the middle of the hallway, its limbs outstretched, its body as stiff as a plank, motionless, and its eyes wide.
"Let's take a look." Qi Fangdao.
Several people stepped forward and found two lines of handwriting on the wall where Lady Loris's hung them, each letter the size of a palm, the blood had not yet fully coagulated, and the bright red color was very harsh.
"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, so be careful if you are enemies of the heirs." Hermione read softly.
There was a trail of water on the floor of the hallway, which seemed to be coming out of the adjacent bathroom, and a swarm of spiders crawled quickly through the gap in the hallway window.
"The Chamber of Secrets? What is that? Hermione asked curiously. And who is the heir? β
As she spoke, there was a sound of footsteps coming from both ends of the hallway, and the students had finished their dinner and were heading to the common room, when they saw the upside-down cat and the blood writing on the wall, the chatter and messy footsteps quickly stopped, and the hallway became silent for a moment.
"Those who are enemies of the heir, beware! And then there's you, Mudblood. Malfoy stepped out of the crowd and said coldly to Hermione.
"What's going on, get out of the way, get out of the way......" Filch squeezed out of the crowd and saw Lady Loris hanging on the wall, with a horrified expression on her face, and screamed, "Lady Loris, what's wrong with it?" You killed my cat, didn't you? I'm going to kill you......"
He glared and rushed towards Harry Potter.
"Mr. Filch, you'd better calm down!" Qi Fang glanced at him and scolded softly.
Filch seemed to have been pushed hard, and fell backwards with a "bang", and this guy who bullied the soft and was afraid of the hard saw Qi Fang come forward, and immediately closed his mouth, not daring to say anything more.
At this time, Dumbledore and a group of professors also came to the scene, he saw the handwriting on the wall, his face showed a strange look, and he raised his voice: "All the students, go back to their dormitories immediately...... Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Miss Granger, the three of you stay. β
At Hogwarts, Dumbledore had a unique majesty, and the students dispersed immediately when they heard his words, but the three Harry were left behind by him.
Qi Fang is not a student, so naturally he did not leave.
Dumbledore stepped closer, took a closer look at Lady Loris, and said to Filch, "Argus, Lady Loris's not dead, it's just petrified. β
"That's right, as I thought. It's a pity I didn't have it, I happened to know a spell solution that could have saved it......" Professor Lockhart nodded, with the same look as a hero, and said impassionedly.
It's a pity that no one paid any attention to his words.
"But how it was petrified, I can't say." Dumbledore said.
"Ask him, and he did it." Filch screamed, like a mad dog, biting Harry Potter.
"Professor Dumbledore, it's not me, I swear, I haven't touched Lady Loris, if you don't believe it, you can ask Mr. Qi Fang, we found it together." Harry said.
"Yes, I can testify for Mr. Potter that neither Lady Loris nor the blood writing on the wall was made by him." Qi Fangdao. "We just came across this by very coincidence."
"But, but my cat, it's petrified, and someone has to be punished." Filch sobbed.
"Argus, we can cure it. The vine grass planted by Mrs. Sprout will soon be ripe, and the potion will awaken Lady Loris. Dumbledore said. But in the meantime, I would like to remind everyone to be careful, and be careful! β