Chapter 115: Return to the Scene of the Crime (Ask for a Subscription!) )
The once beautiful, grassy Malfoy Manor was now burned to the ground.
The air was filled with a large amount of smoke and dust, and the choking smell of burnt paste penetrated into the nostrils and rushed straight to the brain.
A few centimeters of ash buried the dark earth.
It was as if the whole world was left with only black and white.
It was like an apocalyptic scene that even the Aurors who had gone through countless cruel cases couldn't bear to look at it directly.
The Malfoy family is done now, and the accumulated heritage over the years is once gone.
Only a cast-iron gate, badly deformed by the heat, remains, and tells the story of the family's glorious past.
Connelly Fudge let out a long sigh, and tears couldn't help but fall from the corners of his eyes: "Don't be stunned, get moving, and see if you can find any valuable clues around." ”
The Aurors shook their heads and began to search through the ruins.
"It's miserable, isn't it?" Minister Fudge suddenly turned his head to look at the mage beside him, and there was a hint of sharpness in his once kind eyes.
"Indeed." Lu Wu kept a straight face, trying not to let himself laugh.
The minister said meaningfully, "Just yesterday, you just won the battle against Lucius. ”
"I didn't expect it to become like this today."
Lu Wu heard what he said, so he spoke: "What, do you suspect that I did it?" ”
"I'm not going anywhere today except Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic."
"The man you sent to pick me up will be able to prove that what I said is true."
"Besides, Lucius and I are just a little conflicted, so we don't need to do such a cruel thing."
Perhaps it was the mage's eloquent tone that allowed Fudge to dispel his suspicions about him for a while.
Anyway, the Minister of Magic's eyes became kind again, "How can I doubt you, Mr. Ryze, I'm just just emotional. ”
Then, turning to the busy Aurors in the ruins, he continued:
"Just pity Lucius's teenage son."
"The side branches of the Malfoy family had to eat him alive for the rest of their possessions."
"Draco is a bit pampered, but he's not a bad boy."
"What if they don't die." Lu Wu also looked at the ruins with his hands behind his back, but he was looking at something else.
"Perhaps." Fudge said this, but he didn't have any hope in his heart.
The two of them didn't speak, just silently watched the Aurors busy.
After about half an hour, the ruins were finally largely cleared, and the Aurors seemed to have made a discovery.
"Minister, and the gentleman, come quickly!"
When Fudge heard the shouting, he hurriedly ran over, and Lu Wu followed unhurriedly to check.
Because he knows what's beneath the ruins.
"What did you find?" The minister who had joined the Aurors asked eagerly.
The Auror who had just called out quickly explained: "Underneath the ruins, we found a hidden cellar. ”
"There's a house-elf inside that's still alive, but it's choking on the smoke and fainting."
"Also, the Malfoys are in there, but..."
"But what!" The minister's tone couldn't help but become a little heavier.
The Aurors grimaced: "However, he is dead. ”
"Well, take me to see it." The minister didn't remember, but this was the first time he had sighed since he came.
Then, with a heavy heart, everyone went into the cellar.
The cellar was deep and very tortuous, and it was supposed to be a passage dug by the Malfoy family ancestors in order to escape.
Every few hundred steps, there is also a stone gate as a block, which is probably the reason why the house-elves survived.
However, even the original gray walls of the cellar are now pitch black, which is enough to prove how big the fire was at that time.
The Auror walked with the minister and the others for a few minutes, finally stopping in front of a low door.
The rusty iron door had been opened, and as far as the eye could see, the bodies of the Malfoys were sitting side by side in the dimly lit room.
The minister first stooped into the room, took off the hat above his head, and bowed to the deceased.
The rest of the Aurors rushed in and bowed.
As for Lu Wu, he didn't have a hat, so he just stood there straight.
Putting his hat back on, Minister Fudge turned to look at the lone survivor huddled in the corner.
"Wake it up and ask what the hell is going on."
"Yes." Receiving the order, the Auror waved his wand and summoned a water ball, which was thrown on the elf's head.
The elf woke up in an instant and began to shout loudly: "Help, help, who can come to save the master!" ”
Then he began to whip himself incessantly: "Bad Dobby, bad Dobby, failed to protect the master." ”
Looking at the dancing elf, Minister Fudge said helplessly, "Find a way to make it stop." ”
The Aurors were also helpless: "No, Mr. Minister, it seems to have gone mad. ”
As he spoke, he put his fingers in circles near his temples.
"Then prepare for the Divine Remembrance." Fudge's tone was cold, and he looked at Dobby's eyes as if he was looking at a piece of goods.
The rest of the Aurors didn't think it was wrong, in the wizarding world, house-elves had no human rights.
So, several wizards worked together to keep Dobby running all over the place, and then an Auror, who was proficient in the telekinesis, probed the memories in his brain.
But as time passed, the Auror's face became paler and paler, and the sweat from his body almost soaked his clothes.
Then he shouted, fell backwards, and crawled into the corner of the room.
The rest of the Aurors were also frightened by his frightened appearance, and immediately let Dobby go.
The Buddhist minister, who was not in the know, hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" What do you see! ”
I saw the Auror, cowering in the corner, trembling and saying, "That... That man, that mystery man, he's back! ”
The word mystery man seems to be engraved into the nightmare in the heart of every wizard.
Everyone present instantly understood what he meant, the second generation of the Dark Lord, Voldemort is back!
Fudge was a minister, and was noticeably calmer than the others, or rather, he didn't believe that the man would be resurrected.
"Are you sure you can see clearly, is it really that person?"
The timid Auror first nodded, and then shook his head desperately: "I... I'm not sure for sure, but it's very much like it. ”
"Also, Mr. Lucius and Miss Narcissa, they should have died from the Curse."
The Curse of Death, also known as the Avada Curse, Voldemort's signature curse, has seen more than a few wizards die under this curse during the two wizarding wars.
As soon as they thought of this, everyone couldn't help but feel a deep panic in their hearts.
But Fudge was still skeptical: "Are you really sure it's a mystery man and not his Death Eaters?" ”
"I said I'm not sure!" The Aurors suddenly clutched his head like crazy and shouted, "Don't ask again! ”
Such a frenzied appearance added to the fear in the hearts of the other Aurors, causing them to raise their wands and look around warily.
And Lu Wu's words added to the chaos of this tense situation.
He crouched beside the corpses of the Malfoys and said, "Death is death when you are under a curse, and there are no scars on your body, it is indeed a life-seeking curse!" ”
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