Harley was surprised.

Professor Slughorn has always been a good old man, strictly practicing the words "enjoy life" and "make money in harmony".

It's really hard to see this kind of attitude of looking at jokes now.

Looking at Harley's somewhat curious eyes, Professor Slughorn didn't answer immediately, but looked at his watch.

He then drew his wand, waved it gently, and cast several spells around him before he explained to Harley:

"It seems that we still have some free time, so I'll give you a few brief words. Do you know anything about Fudge's relationship with Crouch? ”

Harley vaguely guessed something, but chose to shake her head, wanting to hear what Professor Slughorn, who had many connections in the Ministry of Magic, had to say.

"You must have thought that since Fudge was under political pressure, he would definitely be concerned about Ling's return, right?

If I'm not mistaken, the reason he didn't know about your return was probably because Barty Crouch, the director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, didn't inform Fudge. ”

Despite the magic around him, Professor Slughorn lowered his voice and shoved a roll of sheepskin to Harry,

"I guessed that this was going to happen, and I expected you to not know a lot of information, so I prepared in advance.

If you read the parchment, you will be able to guess what is going on with your intelligence. ”

Hallie nodded silently, scanning the parchment quickly.

After a little reading, Harley also understood what was going on.

Fudge and Crouch have been at odds.

After all, according to the rules of the Ministry of Magic, only the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is eligible to be promoted to the Minister of Magic.

As for some of the other processes, it's just a formality.

After the fall of Voldemort, the previous Minister of Magic retired, and the most promising successor to the Minister of Magic was naturally Barty Crouch.

He is the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, a staunch anti-Voldemort faction, a fair and strict man, and a pure-blood.

Barty Sr. also controls the Aurors, the largest violent organization in the Ministry of Magic. Almost all of the Aurors supported him and were willing to obey Barty's orders.

In this case, Old Barty can completely say that the whole Ministry of Magic is my people, what can I lose?

But he was still happy too soon.

Barty Sr.'s son, Barty Crouch Jr., is suddenly captured by the Aurors and accused of being a Death Eater, and the evidence is conclusive.

Although Barty Sr. was ruthless enough to throw his son directly into Azkaban, he still lost his position as head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Fudge, who was then the deputy director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, was fortunate to take over as Minister of Magic.

But it was not easy for him to be a minister.

After Fudge took office, the largest division of the Ministry of Magic, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, actually did not obey Fudge's orders, and the Aurors disobeyed him.

Harley guessed the reason almost instantly: what do you want to do when the cake belonging to our faction has been robbed by you, an outsider?

And the people of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters were supposed to be Fudge's descendants, and they were Fudge's die-hard supporters.

However, the current director hated Fudge, the deputy director who was promoted by himself, and became a minister by himself, so he has been stumbling on him, and he has been listening to the tune with his old qualifications.

But Fudge was also a smart man in politics.

On the one hand, he contacted the pure-blood families, tried to eliminate the bad influence caused by Voldemort, and found a way to make them become advisers to the Ministry of Magic, and even held some important positions.

On the other hand, Fudge vigorously promoted his relationship with Dumbledore, making people think that he was Dumbledore's henchman, and that everything was done according to Dumbledore's instructions.

And the old Barty, who posed the greatest threat to Fudge, was naturally "dispatched" by him to the International Magic Cooperation Division.

The content on the parchment changed abruptly here, and at the end only one sentence was recorded:

"Death Eater Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban prison, and Sirius is suspected of being an important deputy of the mysterious man."

It dawned on Hallie that everything had been explained.

Azkaban prison, which claims to have escaped from which no one can escape, is still a very dangerous prisoner.

The implications of this event are significant, as it will cause panic in the wizarding world.

Azkaban can escape one prisoner, will it escape the second? The third?

There are countless Death Eaters imprisoned there, what if someone carries on Voldemort's legacy and becomes the Dark Lord for three generations?

The Ministry of Magic is under tremendous pressure for this. And whoever is in power is responsible, and Fudge will definitely bear the greatest responsibility.

After all, the Dementors guarding Azkaban became Voldemort's minions after his appearance.

Voldemort was defeated, and Dumbledore suggested that he be eliminated all.

But Fudge managed to keep them alive and keep them as employees of the Ministry of Magic.

So the first person responsible for this matter must be Fudge, and several Aurors who are in charge of liaising with Azkaban cannot afford this responsibility, nor are they qualified to bear it.

Now, Fudge needs to spread the word about Harley's victory to remove the political negativity and ease the pressure.

And old Barty was naturally unwilling to lose everything, so he took advantage of his position to conceal Hallie's return.

This would allow Fudge to take on more political pressure and give Crouch time to find other allies.

"Got it?" Professor Slughorn looked at Hallie kindly, "Destroy the parchment when you're done." ”

Hallie nodded silently, black flames burning in her hands. The parchment turned to ashes in an instant.

Professor Slughorn stared at the black flame in Harry's hand and whispered:

"You probably wonder why I told you such an important thing?"

Seeing Hallie nodding silently, Professor Slughorn continued kindly:

"You're a smart person, so it's better to have some words clear.

This is my investment in you.

To tell you the truth, I kind of regret that I retired so early and didn't get you into my Potions class professor and pull you into my slug club.

After all, you're the smartest and most talented of all the students I've ever met.

You remind me of a student who was very smart, inquisitive and was welcomed by most of his classmates and praised by almost all professors.

Only Albus never liked him.

You're a lot like him, but you're better than him in every way.

Albus disliked him because he delved into the dark arts. But you have obviously used black magic, but Albus values you very much and tries his best to cultivate you.

I don't know why, but I believe in Albus's vision, and I trust my vision and hunch. ”

Hallie nodded and bowed slightly, "Thank you, Professor, for your kindness, I won't forget it." ”

……

……

(Thanks to the nine-tailed Yanhu for the tip!) ）

Doesn't it feel like it's a bit too much to talk about, a little boring? I've been compressing the word count when I'm writing, but I have to say it for the sake of the later plot.

……

By the way, push a book.

The old author's book, he has completed a book with 2 million words.

The new book is a muscle version of Harry Potter, and the main focus is on tearing Voldemort by hand.

Magic is not an inconvenience.

Tom Riddle, your purity is too low!

……

Oh, by the way, guns instead of wands.

Ron, this thing works so much better than a wand!

(End of chapter)