Chapter 13: The Persistent Hagrid

It was a cramped, filthy little bar, with a thick layer of ash from the red brick fireplace, and two or three flames jumping listlessly on the wood. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The walls are covered with the skins of unknown animals and the skulls of a terribly white antelope. Wine stains on the creaking floor were everywhere. All kinds of shrill or rapid, or rough shouts filled the ears of Lin Congrong and Xue Jiazhu.

That's right, this is one of the most important locations in the world of Harry Potter - the Leaky Cauldron.

No one noticed Lin Congrong and Xue Jiazhu, because there were so many people of all kinds here, so that the two stood at the entrance and looked around for a while, and no one came to talk.

Lin Congrong didn't hesitate and didn't know what to do, on the contrary, he had already begun to observe the surroundings when he entered the door, and now he had a preliminary goal, only to see him go straight to the fair-skinned and energetic bartender standing behind the bar.

The bartender was holding a piece of sky-blue cotton cloth, and was squinting at this time, carefully and quickly wiping a glass wine bottle in his hand, obviously sensing that someone had walked in front of him, but he did not raise his head, and said straightly: "Butterbeer twelve copper coins." ”

Lin Congrong turned his head and looked at Xue Jiazhu, the two nodded at each other, and Xue Jiazhu immediately exchanged his points for a handful of copper coins in this world, spilled it on the bar counter with a bang, and said, "Give me and my friend a drink." ”

The bartender put down his work, accepted the copper coin for confirmation, took out two oak cups as large as pineapples from the bar, lifted a thick-bottomed long-spouted tin pot, skillfully poured the beer into the wooden cups, handed them to the two, and then continued to pick up the cotton cloth and glass bottle, repeating the previous work.

Lin Congrong took a sip of beer, but did not leave the bar, only to see him ask, "Excuse me, do you know where to find the Hogwarts teachers?" I have something that I need their help with. ”

The bartender listened to Lin Congrong's words, threw the cotton cloth on the table, blew the glass wine bottle in his hand, and raised the bottle to his eyes, as if he was observing whether the bottle was wiped clean.

His hazel pupils looked at Lin Congrong through the glass bottle, and said in a mocking tone: "Who are you?" Dark wizard? Want to get the idea of fighting Hogwarts? Haha, don't be nervous, seeing that you're not too old, it's just a joke with you. You're in luck, I saw Hagrid at Hogwarts half an hour ago, he should be in Diagon Alley by now, why don't you go find him? ”

Lin Congrong listened to the bartender's words, couldn't help but smile, clinked glasses with Xue Jiazhu, finished the beer in the cup in one gulp, and walked towards the back door of the broken cauldron bar.

The entrance to Diagon Alley is at the back door of the Broken Cauldron Bar, and according to the information queried in the ID card, Lin Congrong knocked on a specific brick on the brick wall of the small patio behind the bar, and the door to Diagon Alley suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

When Lin Congrong walked into Diagon Alley, the first feeling was that there were almost all wizards here, everyone wore pointed or round wizard hats, and wore various wizard robes that reached the ground, and even some children around their parents had such a set of outfits.

When Lin Congrong and Xue Jiazhu walked through the alley and searched in the sea of people, there would be a crisp crackling sound on both sides of the alley from time to time, or a dazzling light flickering, it was the wizards releasing small magic, these unimaginable strange things appeared in front of them at this moment, and once attracted the attention of the two of them.

After passing through the "Patch Crucible Shop", which specializes in various types of crucibles, and then passing through the "Madame Morkin's Robe Shop", which displays wizards' robes of many colors, and finally in front of the "Slug and Giggs Pharmacy", where many strange herbs are placed in front of the door, Lin Congrong found his goal.

It was a giant man nearly four meters tall with a lion-like head covered by unkempt hair, and he was wearing an oversized moleskin coat, yes, he was Hagrid.

Hagrid was standing in front of a basket of herbs that resembled the roots of plants, waving two fan-wide slaps and muttering something to an elderly but still extraordinarily temperamental white wizard beside him.

Lin Congrong and Xue Jiazhu cautiously approached the two people standing in front of the potion shop, and only then could they hear the words muttering from Hagrid's mouth.

"No, I'm not sure if the roots of the solar sativa helped Hankline's condition, you know, this kind of thing comes from the mysterious and distant deserts of the Middle East, hell, I've never seen this plant before. If you want me to say, it's safer for us to buy some evening primrose and go back, even though Professor McGonagall has a point, and Hanklein already has some resistance to evening primrose, I still don't approve of the rash use of other magical herbs. ”

It turned out that the elderly wizard beside Hagrid was one of the powerful wizards in the Harry Potter world: Professor McGonagall, Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts and Head of Gryffindor.

Professor McGonagall frowned and said in a coherent and coherent manner, "Hagrid, I know your love for magical creatures all the more, but at some point, the more you care about something, the harder it is for you to see it for what it is. I know that you don't want Hankline to use Sun Sativa root because you can't predict the effects of the medicine and are worried about the adverse effects on Hankline. ”

Seeing Hagrid nodding with a sad face, Professor McGonagall sighed lightly and continued, "But have you ever thought that if we continue to use the potion made with evening primrose as the main ingredient, it will only slow down the erosion of the disease on Hankline, and it will not have a healing effect. Instead of that, let's try the way I said. ”

At this time, Lin Congrong suddenly stood in front of the two wizards, only to see him clasping his hands together, and said sincerely: "I'm sorry to join your conversation rashly, but can you explain what happened?" Maybe I can help you. ”

"You're going to help them? Good, so good! Do you understand what they're saying? I didn't hear anything. At this time, a spiritual message was transmitted to Lin Congrong's mind through the ID card, and it turned out to be sent by Xue Jiazhu behind him.

Lin Congrong couldn't help but glance at Xue Jiazhu, and found that he was looking at himself with wide eyes, so Lin Congrong smiled at him slightly, but a muffled thunderous voice was already ringing in his ears, it was Hagrid.

I saw that Hagrid's eyes were wider than Xue Jiazhu's, and he said quickly and hopefully: "Han Klane was bitten by something two weeks ago, and the worst thing is that it was highly poisoned after being bitten. I, Professor Tomigagall, helped me dispense the potion, and I managed to keep it alive, but the potions I had prepared before were getting less and less effective, and now that Hankline was dying, do you have a solution? ”

"Hanklein is an owl raised by Hagrid." At this time, Professor McGonagall added to the side, and at the same time looked at Lin Congrong, her dark blue eyes flashed with wisdom and curiosity, "That kind of toxicity is very strong, and you can't find a similar record of it in books." The potion I had prepared for Hagrid had gradually lost its effect, and the shopkeeper had made a point of explaining that the rhizomes of this solar alfalfa had a strong anti-poison pharmacological effect, and although I meant to give it a try, Hagrid didn't want us to use this herb that we had never touched before. ”

Listening to Professor McGonagall's words, Hagrid involuntarily shook his huge head and said, "The root of the solar alfalfa has an anti-poison effect? This is still what the boss said, we didn't know anything about it before, and we didn't know anything about this unknown herb...... Damn, I'm fed up with the unknown, first venom, then herbs! Professor McGonagall, you also understand that poison manifests itself differently at different times, just as the venom of a puffer fish is lethal to humans, and it is a rare nutrient for the Vitonaria flower-eating flower. It would be bad if the solar alfalfa rhizome was used to make a potion of unknown nature, but it aggravated the toxicity. ”

"Well, but we can't help it, can we?" Professor McGonagall, who had been arguing with Hagrid for a long time, also had a headache, and spread her hands and said, "The problem now is that Hanklein doesn't have much time left, and we don't have time to find more ways to detoxify. Hagrid, you have to understand that with this herb, Hankline may indeed die, but without this herb, Hankline will definitely die, I have repeated it many times, I hope you really understand. ”

Seeing the argument between the two, Lin Congrong, who completely understood the ins and outs of the matter, also suggested in time: "I completely agree with Professor McGonagall's words, Hagrid, I suggest you do what Professor McGonagall says." ”

"There must be another way, I must be able to save Hankline safely, I can't just make a rash decision, I can't ...... Oh, Hanklyne...... "Hagrid's head drooped, and it could be seen that he really loved the magical creatures he had raised, and even his breathing became heavy and rapid at the moment, "Maybe, maybe I can go to Albus Dumbledore......"

Looking at Hagrid's appearance, Professor McGonagall could only whisper helplessly: "Hagrid, I don't recommend that you bother Dumbledore for this matter, you must know that he is busy every day now, and he faces a lot of trouble every day, in order to deal with the adversary who can't even mention his name." ”

Hearing these two names, Lin Congrong's spirit couldn't help but perk.

Albus Dumbledore - The current headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a powerful wizard, and the number one positive figure in the Harry Potter universe.

Voldemort, a Hogwarts graduate of Hogwarts, is now the Dark Lord who leads the evil organization Death Eaters, with the goal of overthrowing the wizarding world, and is also the number one villain in the Harry Potter world.

But the current mission is not directly related to these two famous figures, and now the task that needs to be solved is how to help Hagrid rescue his owl, and then enter to gain their favor and get the opportunity to enter Hogwarts and get close to Thestrals, which is Lin Congrong's mission.

"What can I do to help Hagrid?" Lin Congrong thought quickly in his mind, he didn't have the knowledge of biology and pharmacology, and he hadn't experienced much of the world, so he didn't have any props or skills that he could use, and asked Xue Jiazhu, he didn't have anything to do.

"Well, what a troublesome question. Let me clear the head, the root of the problem is that the owl is poisoned and dying, and to save it, it needs to be detoxified...... One of the ways to detoxify is to use herbs, and now there is a medicine that the owl may die if he uses it, he may survive, and Hagrid does not dare to bear the first of the two consequences......"

"Detoxification, I won't ...... Looking for medicine, I won't ...... Alas, it's really uncomfortable not to have the strength, well, think about what I can do, right! I've got an idea! ”