Everyone's eyes became more serious and solemn, and they stared at Lockhart, waiting for his explanation.

Lockhart rubbed his blonde hair in distress, crumpled them into a mess of straw, like a deflated ball, and the whole person withered, and said wistfully:

"Alright, well, this is the first time I've revealed my plans in advance! It's all confidential! ”

Zhang Xiao had quietly touched the desk and carefully looked for a book with a black cover.

It's a pity that Lockhart has a lot of notebooks on his desktop, probably a manuscript when he was writing, and there is no black diary.

Over there, Lockhart was talking weakly about his 'plan':

"Halloween is just around the corner and I'm getting ready to start a new campaign to add a little bit to Halloween. A little atmosphere.

Write some wonderful sentences from my new book on the wall to arouse the curiosity of the little wizards, and then invite a few ghosts to play the ghosts."

Zhang Xiao listened to Lockhart's narration, and the more she listened, the more familiar she became, isn't this a common routine for publicity and distribution such as movies in her previous life?

It's no wonder that you can become a best-selling author, this warm-up, whet your appetite, and create an atmosphere that you can understand!

"Speaking of which, this idea also has something to do with Zhang."

Zhang Xiao was stunned, why is it still related to herself? I don't have much communication with Lockhart!

Unexpectedly, with Lockhart's narration, Zhang Xiao found out. It seems that I can really catch up with myself!

Because of their existence, many wizards have a strong interest in the East, and they curiously explore the East, and finally get a lot of specious news.

Lockhart was one of them, and while looking for inspiration for a new book over the summer, he found a very interesting thing in the East.

It was what the Muggles were making called a movie, and it was suspected that it was about the story of an Eastern wizard who hit a corpse similar to a resurrected corpse.

Muggles love it!

Lockhart immediately got the movie, watched it repeatedly, stared at the subtitles that he was very unaccustomed to, and watched it several times!

At the end, he also added with a little aftertaste:

"That movie has a strange name, it's called 'Mr. Corpse'!"

He also praised his Oriental counterparts:

"They've all started to promote themselves among Muggles! We haven't done enough, far from it! ”

Lockhart. Watching Mr. Zombie?

These two words are incompatible no matter how you look at them! But I have to admit that it really has something to do with myself.

Dumbledore pondered for a moment:

"Gildero, you mean, you write a specious sentence on the wall in order to arouse the interest and discussion of the young wizards.

Then invite the ghosts to play the ghosts, scare the little wizards, and ferment the fears and rumors to a climax before Halloween.

Finally, on Halloween, the ghosts of Hogwarts are invited to 'storm' the Great Hall, accompanied by an orchestra of skeletons.

And you appear at the last moment, like in a Muggle movie, to 'chase' the ghosts, to 'rescue' the young wizards, and to promote your new book? ”

Lockhart nodded with every word Dumbledore spoke.

Good guy, it's a shame to stay in the wizarding world! Don't say it, Zhang Xiao really wants to see it, the reason why the routine is a routine is because it is easy to use.

"It's too much! Professor Lockhart! You're a professor at Hogwarts, so you should put more effort into teaching your students better! And not."

Professor McGonagall's face turned pale with anger, her thin lips pursed into a line, and her eyes were full of sternness:

"Instead of spending a lot of time on these things, I thought you understood the moment you accepted the invitation to the school!"

Lockhart sat back in his chair in the face of everyone's gaze, looking rather unconvinced by Professor McGonagall's rebuke.

I probably just know, and I dare next time.

"Allow me to say a word, Headmaster." Snape said in the shadows, and Harry's heart skipped a beat.

Since Snape's rare gaffe last time, he has become more and more aggressive with himself, and what was originally just a one-point deduction has now increased to five points!

He believed that what Snape said would never do him any good.

"Perhaps, Potter and his friends just shouldn't have been in that place at that time," Snape said with half of his face hidden in the shadows, looking more like the villain.

His lips twisted into a sneer, as if he had deep doubts about it, "But we did encounter a series of suspicions.

Like why Mr. Potter and his two little henchmen?"

Ron and Hermione blushed and glared angrily.

Snape ignored the two young wizards and continued to speak slowly:

"It's always going to cause some mess, or maybe they. Why did it appear on the scene first?"

Dumbledore's calm gaze looked at the three smaller, mostly Harry's.

The trio scrambled to explain that they had been locked up by Professor Lockhart and wrote back to the fans.

Lockhart looked up a little dazedly:

"yes, my fans are so enthusiastic, so I need some help to help me deal with it."

In the end, it was Dumbledore who made the decision:

"This is for now, until we figure out why Filch and his cat were petrified, I hope you can lead the students of your house to calm down.

I would advise everyone here to act collectively and avoid unnecessary outings and hangouts.

As for Mr. Filch. Don't worry, Mrs. Sprout has recently gotten some mandrakes.

Once they have grown and matured, I have a medicine to restore them. ”

Several professors nodded silently and left.

Zhang Xiao also wanted to leave with everyone, but Dumbledore stopped him, and the two strolled down the corridor, and as they passed by the place where they were petrified, Dumbledore asked softly:

"Zhang, I noticed that you were not busy discussing like everyone else, but were observing carefully, which is a good habit.

So what did you find? ”

Zhang Xiao shook his head, now he has no doubts, according to Harry's account, it should have been the basilisk who did it, but without the medium, Filch and Lady Loris should have gagged a long time ago.

He thought for a moment and said, "I noticed that Filch had his cleaning bucket at his feet, all of which were wall cleaning things, and I speculated that Filch must have found the words on the wall."

That's why he wanted to clean it up with tools, but before he could act, he was petrified. ”

Dumbledore nodded approvingly:

"Reasonable speculation."

He paused, and said meaningfully:

"Zhang, I hope that in the next time, if you find anything, don't act on your own, this is different from last year's situation."

The meaning is very clear, this time it was not designed by him, so he doesn't want the little wizards to take risks.

But it's useless to say that to me, I'm not going to be stupid enough to jump off the basilisk, you'll have to talk to Harry about it.

After complaining in his heart, Zhang Xiao also said meaningfully:

"Headmaster, maybe this is a good opportunity, the same one I made last year."

"Well, it's a good opportunity."

"Try it then?"

The next day, the explosive news spread throughout the school.

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1. Recommended ticket 2. Commuter pass

(End of chapter)