Chapter Twenty-Three: Christmas Eve!

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Christmas is just around the corner. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts School woke up from a dream covered with several feet of snow and the lake covered in hard ice. The Weasley twins were punished for enchanting several snowballs and causing them to chase Quirrell around and smash them behind his turban. A few owls flew through the snowy skies to deliver their mail, and after a lot of hardship, they had to recover under Hagrid's care before they could continue to take off.

By the way, the two custom-made wands that had been delayed for a long time were finally sent at this time, and the money had already been paid, so naturally there was no need to pay again, just send it to Guò Owl to pick up the goods.

In this way, the Immortal Sect and Lihua Song no longer have to use the universal wand, and they don't want to experience the pain of the universal wand anymore.

If it weren't for that, Lihua would not have been a little sullen recently, and he would not be as active as before.

What's more, the thing happened to be delivered just before Christmas, and it became a bit like a Christmas gift, which made uninformed people envious of the two of Xianpai and Lihua.

Everyone can't wait for the holiday. While fires were blazing in the Gryffindor common room and auditorium, the windswept corridors were chilling, and the windows of the classrooms were rattling in the bitter wind. Worst of all, Professor Snape's classes were all in the basement classroom, and as soon as they breathed, a white mist formed in front of them, and they had to get as close as possible to their hot crucibles.

"I really feel sorry for those people," said Draco during a Potions class. "They had to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because the family didn't want them. ”

He looked at Harry as he spoke. Crabbe and Goyle snickered. Harry was weighing the powdered lionfish vertebrae, ignoring them.

Since Quidditch. Malfoy was even more gloomy than before. He was outraged by the Slytherin defeat, saying that the next match would be a large-mouthed frog replacing Harry as the Seeker. He wanted to make everyone laugh, but no one thought his words were ridiculous, because everyone admired Harry for being able to stay firmly on his rampage broomstick. Jealous and angry, Malfoy turned around and laughed at Harry for not having a decent family.

Truly. Harry didn't want to go back to Privet for Christmas. Last week, Professor McGonagall came over to register the list of students who were staying on campus for the holidays, and Harry immediately signed it. He didn't feel sorry for himself at all. It was probably the best Christmas of his life. Ron and his two twin brothers are also ready to stay, as the Weasleys are traveling to Romania to visit Charlie.

Obviously, Christmas is too short, and Liu Jiecao can't go back for such a short time. Even if you go back, what? It wasn't a home, so he and his friends stayed at school as well.

As they left the basement classroom after their Potions class, the hallway in front of them was now blocked by a large fir tree. When they saw the two big feet sticking out from under the tree, and heard the loud snoring, they knew that behind the tree must be the sea.

"Hey, Hagrid. Need help? Ron asked, poking his head out between the branches.

"No, I can, thank you, Ron."

"Can you get out of the way and stay out of the way?" Behind them came Malfoy's cold, long-pitched voice. "Do you want to earn some pocket money, Weasley? I guess. You'd probably like to go to the hunting grounds after graduating from Hogwarts, right? - Hagrid's cottage must have looked like a palace compared to your old home! ”

Ron rushed headlong towards Malfoy, just as Snape appeared up on the stairs.

"Weasley!"

Ron loosened the clothes on Malfoy's chest.

"Someone messed with him first, Professor Snape." Hagrid stuck his furry head out from behind the tree and said, "Malfoy just insulted his family. ”

"Either way, it's against Hogwarts rules to hit someone, Hagrid." Snape said in a sleek voice, "Gryffindor has been deducted five points. Weasley, you should be glad you didn't deduct more. Alright, let's go, all of you. ”

Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle rudely squeezed past the tree. Knock the needles all over the place. He was smirking smugly.

"I'm going to teach him a lesson," Ron said as he looked at Malfoy's back and gritted his teeth, "someday, I'm going to teach him a hard lesson—"

"I really hate the two of them," Harry said, "Malfoy and Snape. ”

"Alright, be happy, it's almost Christmas." Hagrid said, "Guess what, come with me to the dining room, it's wonderful." ”

So Liu Jiecao, Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed Hagrid and his fir tree to the Great Hall, where Professors McGonagall and Flitwick were busy arranging the Christmas decorations.

"Ah, Hagrid, the last tree has been brought in—in the corner over there, okay?"

The auditorium is beautiful and spectacular. The walls were covered with weeping ribbons of holly and mistletoe, and a whole dozen towering Christmas trees were erected throughout the room, some with shiny Xiaoice pillars, others with hundreds of candles.

"How many days are left before we have a holiday?" Hagrid asked.

"It's only one day." Hermione said, "Oh, that reminds me - Guitar, Harry, Ron, there's still half an hour to eat, we should go to the library." ”

"Oh, yes, you're right." Ron said, reluctantly looking away from Professor Flitwick. The Professor was using his wand to spew strings of golden bubbles and hang them on the branches of the newly moved tree.

"Library?" Hagrid said, following them out of the auditorium, "Reading a book on vacation?" It's too hard, huh? ”

"Oh, we're not reviewing our homework." Harry said to him happily, "Ever since you mentioned Nicol. We've been trying to figure out who he is since Lemay. ”

"What?" Hagrid looked horrified. "Listen to me—I told you—stop. The big dog guarding something has nothing to do with you. ”

"We just want to know Nicol. Who is Lemay, nothing else. Hermione said.

"Are you willing to sue us, lest we have to trouble so much?" "We've looked through at least a hundred books," said Harry, "and there is no sign of him—just draw us a hint—I know where I've seen his name." ”

"I'm not going to say anything." Hagrid said dryly.

"Then we'll have to find it ourselves." Ron said. They hurried to the library, leaving Hagrid alone with an angry look on his face.

Indeed, they had been looking for Lemay's name in the books since Hagrid had leaked his mouth, but what else could they do to find out what Snape was trying to steal?

The trouble is that it's hard for them to know where to start, and they don't know what Lemay has to do to be included in the book. He is not in "The Great Wizard of the Twentieth Century", nor in "The List of Famous Magicians of Our Time". In addition, his name is not found in "The Reappearance of Modern Magic" and "Research on Modern Witchcraft Exhibition".

And, of course, the sheer size of the library's collection, with thousands of books, thousands of shelves, and hundreds of narrow passages.

Hermione pulled out a list of topics and titles she had decided to look for from her E1 bag.

Meanwhile, Ron wandered in front of a row of books, aimlessly pulling some books out of the shelves.

Harry unknowingly found himself in the ** district. Unfortunately, to find any slip of paper that had to be signed by a teacher, Harry knew he couldn't get his hands on it. These books contain powerful dark arts that are never taught in Hogwarts classrooms, and can only be read by older students when they are studying the advanced "Defence Against the Dark Arts".

"What are you looking for, kid?"

"Nothing." Harry replied.

Mrs. Pince, the librarian, waved a feather duster at him.

"Then you'd better get out. Let's go—get out! ”

Harry left the library, wishing he had been nimble enough to come up with a few lies. He, along with Ron and Hermione, agreed that it was best not to ask Mrs. Pince where to find Lemay. They knew she would be able to sue them, but they couldn't risk Snape hearing what they were trying to do.

"Hapless Snape." Liu Jiecao complained in his heart.

"I'm sorry, Professor Snape." Hermione, who knew the truth, had to hide it from Harry and Ron.

Harry waited in the hallway outside to see if the other three would show up, but he didn't have much hope. They've been looking for two weeks, but they're only using their spare time, so it's not surprising that they find nothing. All they needed was to search for them as hard as they could, and not let Mrs. Pince stare at them and spray her breath on the back of their necks.

As for Liu Jiecao, will he look for it seriously? How could it be, he just used this to let the Book of Creation scan the materials in the library.

Five minutes later, Liu Jiecao, Ron, and Hermione returned to him, shaking their heads in disappointment. They went to lunch together.

"You're going to keep searching while I'm away, okay?" Hermione said, "As soon as something happens, send an owl to me." ”

"You can also ask your parents if they know about Lemay." "It's safe to ask them," Ron said. ”

"It's very safe because they're both dentists." Hermione said.

Well, by the way, of course Liu Jiecao knows about Nico. Who Lemay is, but he just doesn't say, not to destroy the plot, but to think it's funny.

Obviously the answer was right in front of him, Harry and Ron had been in direct contact before, and they had completely forgotten about it, and it must have been funny when they were now.