Chapter 50: The Pure-Blood Family's Dilemma
Weston spent a moment in the office before walking out with a smile on his face.
Not long after Weston left, an owl flew out of Snape's office.
Malfoy Manor.
"Lucius, why did you call everyone here, is there anything you can't write to say?" As soon as the Greengrass master came out of the fireplace, he shouted loudly.
"Old man, stop arguing!" The head of the Goyle family patted him on the shoulder, "You don't know Lucius's character, he won't call us over easily without a big event!" ”
"Or do you know me!" Lucius smiled slightly, nodded to the head of the Goyle family, and then said to the head of the Greengrass family, "Sit down first, man, and wait for the others." ”
"Anyone else?" As soon as the head of the Greengrass family heard this, he instantly understood that there was something big about this! I didn't shout anymore for an instant, and quickly found a place to sit down.
In the fireplace, one after another came out of the houseowner, the Bock family, the Aibo family...... More than half of the Twenty-Eight Sacred Families have arrived!
The heads of the family were not stupid, and when they saw these people, although they didn't know what was going on, they also knew that it would not be a simple matter, so they quietly found a seat and sat down, waiting for Lucius to speak.
After waiting a little longer, seeing that no one showed up again, Lucius snapped his fingers and a house-elf appeared.
"Do as you are told, master!" The house-elf bowed deeply and said in a shrill voice.
"The Floo network is temporarily sealed, and from now on, no one will be allowed to enter the manor! You know what I mean! ”
The house-elf nodded, bowed again, snapped his fingers twice, and vanished.
The expressions of the heads of the family instantly became serious, and they vaguely remembered that the last time Lucius was so solemn was when Voldemort fell, and it was a life-and-death crisis for them!
This time, Lucius did it again, I'm afraid the matter really won't be too small!
"Guys, I'm sorry to call you over so suddenly!" Lucius said apologetically. The heads of the houses all shook their heads, indicating that they didn't mind.
"To be honest, I wouldn't have done it if it hadn't been too big!" Lucius smiled bitterly, took out a letter, pointed at his cane, and recited a spell, "Copy in pairs!" ”
The letter was copied into several copies in an instant.
"Let's take a look at this!" Lucius gestured to the heads of the house.
The heads of the house looked at each other, stepped forward in silence, took a letter, and walked to their seats in silence, reading it quietly.
There was no sound in the room for a while, except for the crackling sound of charcoal burning in the fireplace, and the atmosphere in the hall was instantly much more solemn.
After reading the letter, the faces of the family heads became solemn.
"What do you think, old man?" The head of the Humbo family broke the silence and asked first.
Lucius smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I don't know what to do!" You all know how big this is! ”
"Well done, not to mention the strength of the family has doubled several times, the prestige alone is enough to pay off! But if it fails......"
Lucius didn't say any more, but everyone in the room understood what he meant. If it fails, I'm afraid it will be the same as the Black family, or even worse than the Black family, and there won't even be a single clan in Azkaban.
"Lucius, I'm afraid this matter still has to make you run again!" Old Bock snorted hoarsely.
"How?" Lucius asked eagerly, and the other heads of the house also looked at Old Bock.
"We need to know what that genius thinks!" Old Bock said slowly, "We don't lack gold galleons, but gold gallons don't blow in the wind!" We need to know how to ensure the interests of the middle, and who will bear the risks! ”
"The most important thing is who is involved!" Old Bock said meaningfully, "That Mr. Headmaster is not a kind man......
Lucius suddenly realized, and praised sincerely: "It's really worthy of being the head of the Boke family, I understand!" ”
"Do you have any comments?" Lucius looked around.
The heads of the house shook their heads in silence.
"Let's do it first, we know too little now to make a good judgment!" The Greengrass family master said solemnly, a gleam flashing in his eyes, "However, it's not like we can't do nothing!
You know, this is stirring the nerves of the Ministry of Magic! At least we can test the temptation first! ”
"What do you mean?"
"It's easy!" The head of the Greengrass family smiled mysteriously, "Old man, I think you should prepare a room for us all!" ”
Lucius thought for a moment, and instantly understood what the head of the Greengrass family meant, and a smile appeared on his face; "It's you!"
"Laughing!" The Greengrass family master laughed, "I've been thinking about your two barrels of snow mountain mint wine for a long time!" How about taking it out and sharing it? ”
"No problem! Enough! Lucius waved his hand.
The head of the Greengrass family was overjoyed, laughed and said, "Atmosphere, worthy of being the head of the Malfoy family!" ”
The other heads of the family also laughed, and the solemn atmosphere was swept away at this time, and for a while, the whole living room was cheerful and joking with each other.
Office of the Minister of Magic.
"All the pure-blood heads are at the Malfoy house?" Cornelius Fudge couldn't help but scratch his scalp, and among the few hairs he had, another stubbornly fell.
He was very concerned about his hair, but at this time, he didn't care about it.
Fudge thought for a moment and knocked the golden bell on the table: "Someone!" ”
"Mr. Minister!" An Auror knocked on the door and walked in.
Fudge nodded, thought for a moment, and ordered, "Bring Director Barty Crouch over for a moment." ”
"Yes!" The Aurors nodded and walked out.
After a while, there was another knock on the office door.
"Please come in!"
A middle-aged man with a goatee walked in.
"You're here, Director Crouch!"
"Good evening, Mr. Minister!" Crouch owed slightly, "It's so late, Mr. Minister hasn't come home yet, it's really dutiful!" ”
"It's nothing, Mr. Director!" Fudge had a smile on his face, "Didn't Mr. Director not go back either?" ”
"Yes, it's all for the wizarding world!" Crouch sighed.
"That's right, it's all for the wizarding world!" Fudge smiled happily. He liked the phrase.
"So, what's the matter with me, Mr. Minister?" Crouch asked.
"Yes, it's a little thing!" Fudge nodded, "I heard that the Malfoy family held a banquet today, didn't you invite you?" ”
"Banquet?" Crouch thought for a moment, "It seems that there was an invitation, but because the affairs of the ministry were not arranged, I didn't go." ”
"That's right!" Fudge nodded in disappointment, his brows subconsciously twisted together.
"What's the matter, Mr. Minister?" Crouch asked, with an unchanged expression.
"Ah, it's nothing, I'm really bothering you, Mr. Director, I'm just curious!" Fudge woke up from his thoughts and shook his head.
"Then I'll get busy first! Mr. Minister, you should also rest early! Crouch bowed slightly, and then walked out of the office.
Fudge, who was immersed in his own thoughts, naturally didn't notice that there was a sneering smile on the corner of Crouch's mouth......