Chapter 262: Everything is under control
With Qin Hui leaving, Dumbledore came to Harry's side, and after glancing at Hermione regretfully, he touched Harry's head and said meaningfully; "Child, you have to show yourself well, as I said, if you are favored by Professor Qin, it may benefit you a lot for the rest of your life."
After saying this, Dumbledore lifted Madame Hodge up and shouted without looking back; "Okay kids, let's go back to the dormitory first, that's all for this morning's class, you can play freely!"
"Woohoo" After hearing Dumbledore's words, these little wizards, who had just turned pale, immediately broke out into a burst of cheers, which fully reflected the child's heart.
"If you want us to worship under the door of a conspirator, we are not uncommon! You say yes, Hermione. Harry, who had always felt that Qin Hui was not a good person, whispered a word to Hermione's side after Dumbledore left.
"yes!" Hermione looked at the direction in which Qin Hui had disappeared, and felt in her heart that it would actually be quite good to have such a powerful wizard as her mentor.
"Ron, don't be in a daze, let's go find Hagrid and tell him what we've found." Harry took Ron and Hermione's hands and walked towards the tree farm hut where Hagrid was staying behind the cadets.
Hagrid is a forest keeper who was raised by the intelligent races of the Forbidden Forest after being abandoned by his parents as a child. And with half of the giant's blood in his body, he is also one of the few people who can walk freely in the forbidden forest. It is precisely because of Hagrid's special nature that Hogwarts, with him as a good old man in the middle, has preliminarily reconciled with the Forbidden Forest.
The three of them ran through the long corridors of the castle, along the mountain path, all the way to the stone hut where Hagrid was outside the castle.
"Dangdang Dang"
"Hagrid, are you in there?" Harry banged on the wooden door of the stone house, shouting through the crack in the door.
As Harry kept knocking on the door, Hermione, who had nothing to do, looked down and saw a letter placed under the crack in the door.
Hermione picked up the letter and flipped through it. After a moment, Hermione shook her head regretfully and said to Harry; "Don't look for Harry, Mr. Hagrid is already out and won't be back until next week!" Hermione finished speaking, and handed the letter to Harry.
Following Hermione's words, Ron said with great interest after glancing at Harry, who was pursed his mouth; "Harry, now that Hagrid is gone, can we go to the cafeteria for some cheese?"
"You know what to eat, we have something very important to do right now." Harry gave Ron a disgruntled glance as he clutched the letter in his hand as he walked towards the castle.
"Let's go to Professor McGonagall, she's the head of Gryffindor, and we'll tell her the same."
"I'm going to go!" Ron glanced unhappily at Hermione beside him, took a deep breath under his encouraging gaze, and reluctantly followed Harry's footsteps towards Professor McGonagall's office.
Although Professor McGonagall is the Headmaster of the Gryffindor Branch of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, she still works part-time as an educator in Transfiguration. When the three Harry went to see Professor McGonagall, Professor McGonagall was teaching the senior wizards the magic of turning into a tiger and did not let the three of them into the classroom.
Because of the spell on the door of the classroom, Harry and the others, who couldn't get in, could only stand outside the classroom, anxiously waiting for the end of class.
Fortunately, Professor McGonagall had already completed most of the lesson, so after Harry had been waiting for more than an hour, the door to the classroom suddenly opened.
Seeing the door of the classroom open, Harry, who was already impatient, immediately rushed towards the classroom. But before Harry could enter the classroom, many burly seniors rushed out, squeezing Harry aside.
"Professor McGonagall, I have something very important to tell you. Of course, it would be better if you could call Professor Dumbledore as well. Harry, who finally waited until the students in the classroom had dispersed, saw Professor McGonagall behind his desk revising the papers.
"What can you do that matters!" Professor McGonagall pushed her reading glasses on the bridge of her nose and looked into Harry's eyes. "I saw you standing outside for a long time, don't you have to go to class today?"
"Professor McGonagall, we don't have a class in the morning, and now we really have something very important to tell you." Harry said eagerly, sweating through his clothes after standing in the hallway for more than an hour because of the August weather.
Looking at the appearance of Harry and the others, Professor McGonagall shook her head helplessly and said softly; "Just tell me something, Dean Dumbledore received an urgent call from the Ministry of Magic in the morning and has gone to the Ministry of Magic."
Harry asked eagerly with a look on his face when he heard this; "Is Dean Dumbledore really gone? We really have something urgent to find him. It's a big deal, and it can't be done without him! ”
Professor McGonagall shook her head regretfully, disapprovingly; "Head Dumbledore has been on his way for a long time, and it's too late to get back even if it's important! Now if you have anything, just say it, I still have to correct the homework for the students, I don't have time to play dumb riddles with you! ”
"Professor, we're talking about the treasure hidden in the exclusion zone, the one Hagrid brought back, and now someone is playing with its idea to steal it from the exclusion zone." Harry said in a swift tone.
"What, this can't be!" McGonagall frowned when she heard this, and the quill pen in her hand, which had been constantly writing and stopping, was also thrown aside.
"It's true, that's why we're here for Head Dumbledore!" Harry nodded and explained.
McGonagall pondered for a moment, staring into the eyes of the three and asked; "How do you know, this is a top secret, except for a few people, ordinary mentors don't know about it!"
Hermione stepped forward and whispered; "Professor McGonagall, I overheard this when I was in the library, and the person who was looking for it was the mysterious Professor Qin!"
"Professor Qin! "Professor McGonagall didn't get as angry as Harry had imagined when she heard Hermione's words, but chuckled; "Don't kid kids, Professor Qin had already seen that thing on the first day it was delivered to Hogwarts. Moreover, the place where the thing was placed was personally sent in by Professor Qin and the dean. ”
"What!" Hermione looked at Professor McGonagall with a smile on her face, and hurriedly recounted what she had heard that day.
"Professor McGonagall, this can't be! I heard with my own ears that Professor Qin was looking for that thing again, and he had also entered the seventh layer without permission, which even the tutors were forbidden to enter! ”
Professor McGonagall shook her head at Hermione's words and said; "Professor Qin has the right to enter and exit the seventh floor freely, which is authorized by Head Dumbledore. As for what you said Professor Qin was looking for, I can also tell you with great certainty that it is not the one in the forbidden land. ”
"This, this" The three of them looked at each other after hearing Professor McGonagall's words, not knowing what the hell was going on.
Professor McGonagall smiled slightly, took the quill in her hand again, and said without raising her head; "Alright boys, it's not your fault. Go play, you just know about it, don't talk about it! ”
"But Professor, he," said Harry halfway through his words, Professor McGonagall looked up and said in an unquestioning tone; "Okay, Harry, I know you're great, but talking about a powerful professor behind your back, I don't think even Dumbledore would approve of that. Now go out and play, this thing is in the past and there's nothing more to say! ”
"Okay, Professor!" Harry nodded helplessly, and Hermione, who was also dejected, walked out of Professor McGonagall's classroom.
Ron looked at Harry, who seemed preoccupied, and said with a reassuring mouth; "I'll just say it's a misunderstanding! You have to think for yourselves. I think we might as well go to the cafeteria for some dessert when we have the time, knowing that that's what we first-year freshmen should do, not go after a professor! ”
"No, Ron. It was because Professor Qin didn't seem to be suspicious at all, so his suspicion was the greatest! Because only in this way will everyone not pay attention to him. ”
With Hermione's words, both Harry and Ron had their eyes on him. At this time, Hermione analyzed the entire case like Sherlock Holmes, as if she had everything under control.