Chapter 57: Before Christmas

Zhang Xiao opened her eyes and looked at the familiar ceiling, as well as her tightly wrapped body.

The air was filled with the unique smell of sunlight and the spicy 'fragrance' of potions.

The Hogwarts infirmary, its own promised land, that is Zhang's country

Praise be to the Lord of the Supreme Infirmary!

Praise be to our Lord!

Hell, do I have to lie in the infirmary once a semester?

I'm only two days away from this semester, and I'll be able to break this 'infirmary curse' in two days."

Zhang Xiao recalled the 'unbearable' scene.

The body, which could barely support it, burst out after being squeezed by the phantom shifter.

Dumbledore only saw Zhang Xiao spurting blood like a watering can, and there were many small wounds on his skin that he didn't know when.

Only then did I know that the short battle just now had a lot of dark wounds in Zhang Xiao's body.

The effect of force is mutual, the golden light spell is indeed strong enough, it is the golden light spell that protects the body, otherwise that terrible explosive force can really tear apart people's bodies.

But there is also an upper limit to the golden light spell, and the three-inch golden light can do this, so that Zhang Chengdao knows that he has to praise his son's golden light is pure enough.

The final blow of the shattered stone not only shattered Dumbledore's indestructible iron armor curse, but the force of the shock also brought great damage to his body.

I have to say that the wizard's idealistic ability is indeed strong.

In particular, it will instinctively distort the upcoming damage, which is like a passive damage reduction armor, except for damage that you don't understand (true damage) that can ignore this distortion.

It's really hard to kill a wizard with ordinary damage.

Hagrid, for example, said how a car accident could have killed Lily and James.

Dumbledore also said that Merope didn't want to live at all, and gave up magic herself, otherwise, a witch would not have died in childbirth.

Therefore, it is a degradation for wizards to hold wands and cast spells on each other from afar.

With a sword in one hand and a staff in the other, relying on that unreasonable damage reduction and distortion to fight directly close to the body, this is the most suitable way to fight to truly exert the power of wizards.

This is the case with the Daomen, otherwise even if the Daomen of the mortal body has a golden light spell, why should it fight hand-to-hand with those powerful monsters?

Zhang Xiao felt that if the wizards were to fully understand modern weapons, they only needed to be given a light body armor with a bulletproof mask or something.

You can crisscross the battlefield and match them with the M249

Hey, a charge with a pistol and a wand in the other, that's the Gundam! This doesn't kill indiscriminately?

Zhang Xiao smacked her lips and ended her boring reverie.

Madam Pomfrey didn't know how many bandages she used, Zhang Xiao only felt that she was wrapped tightly and couldn't move, and the only difference with the mummy was that her face was still exposed.

But even his face didn't escape, and Madam Pomfrey covered his face with a slimy, green ointment.

The reason why there is this treatment is because the rupture of the capillaries made his face completely swollen, and it became a very funny appearance, and the appearance of his blue nose and swollen eyes was as if he had been beaten severely.

Even Madam Pomfrey, the queen of the school infirmary, who usually doesn't smile, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"It's still a big gap."

Zhang Xiao lay on the bed, her eyes were empty, and her mind drifted back to the previous battle again.

Before that, he didn't have any concept of a strong person of Dumbledore's level, he only knew that he was strong, but he didn't know how strong he was.

Whether it is the grasp of the timing, or the choice of tactics, it is breathtaking.

"This is still Dumbledore in a state of madness. It's almost instinctive, and it's good to be able to play 3 achievements."

Zhang Xiao sighed, if it was Dumbledore in a complete state, I am afraid that he would have been carried away a long time ago, that terrifying oppressive force, as well as the magic spell at his fingertips, and the supernatural transformation technique.

But it's not without gains, at least if you know that you're in full shape, you can compare with Dumbledore twice, so that you won't be unable to carry a single move.

Besides, how many people in the wizarding world are Dumbledore's enemies?

I'm afraid there aren't many, but Cresden is strong enough, right? Silence can give the host great power, coupled with the talent of the Dumbledore family.

Haven't you been toyed with by Dumbledore in the palm of your hand?

This shows how strong Voldemort is, this is a man who can barely compete with Dumbledore with the Elder Wand in his hand, if it weren't for his bad brain, he would have to be obsessed with using the Avada Curse to fight Harry.

The story ends in the fourth grade.

Although he looks very embarrassed, the injury is actually not serious, it just looks scary, Pomfrey's level is quite high, and it is almost good after just one night's effort.

When Zhang Xiao came out of the school infirmary, she found that the entire Hogwarts had completely entered the holiday mode.

The day before the holiday was as usual there were no classes, and the little wizard began to pack his things, write letters, or do some other activities.

The four little ones were not curious about Zhang Xiao's disappearance for a day, Dumbledore thought about it quite comprehensively, and had already given a credible enough explanation.

At this moment, several young wizards are in Hagrid's hut, happily spending their last afternoon at Hogwarts.

"Woo woo woo" The large kettle on the stove made a screeching sound.

Hagrid didn't like to boil water with magic, even though he had a wand again.

"Magic boiled water doesn't smell like it's boiled by fire, do you understand?"

The big man came over and lifted the kettle and poured a large cup for everyone, it was his own milk tea, and it tasted great, but no matter how many people asked, Hagrid refused to reveal what kind of animal's milk it was.

"Oh, as long as it tastes good, why do you have to know what kind of milk it is?"

Hagrid waved his fan-sized hand.

Hearing him say this, several little wizards looked at each other and quietly put down the cup in their hands, Hagrid's hobby everyone knows, who knows what strange magical animals he will use.

"By the way, Hagrid, did the Ministry of Magic have a reply to the previous incident of the Hippogriff's winged beast hurting people?"

Hermione put down her glass, trying to use the topic to distract Hagrid from the fact that the young wizards stopped drinking milk tea.

Malfoy was quietly cleaning everyone's cups with a clean finish, while Zhang Xiao filled the cups again with clear water.

Harry and Ron puffed up their chests to cover Malfoy's and Chang's movements.

It can only be said that after three years of noisy and noisy, everyone's tacit understanding has increased day by day, although they will still talk and taunt each other all day long, but whether it is Harry Ron or Malfoy, they have to admit that if the other party is a mute, it is indeed a good person.

Speaking of this, Hagrid's mood was much lower, he shook his head, and said in frustration:

"The Ministry of Magic still hasn't issued a final notice, and the official who came before swore to me that the eagle-headed horse winged beast was dead, and the magical beast that hurt people must be sentenced to death."

This happened not long ago, when an extreme pure-blood of Slytherin deliberately provoked the Hippogriff, and was attacked, not badly wounded, and the poor magical beast just flapped him with its wings.

But he acted as if he had been hit by a train, not only rolling around on the ground exaggeratedly, but also shouting that he was going to die.

What's even more outrageous is that when the professors rushed to deal with the matter, there was a long blood mark on his arm, which was said to be caused by a winged beast with a hippoise.

and strongly demanded that Hagrid be held responsible, and what was even more bizarre was that it was not a big deal, but it alarmed the Ministry of Magic.

And sent a high-level investigation team, McGonagall, who was in charge of the matter at the time, was rarely angry, and she said sternly:

"I don't quite understand, Scrimgeour, why such a trivial matter requires you to come over, could it be that the Hippogriff has a dark wizard hidden in it?"

In this regard, the director of the Auror office, Scrimgeour who was like a lion, just pointed to the person he brought with him tiredly:

"The striker of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement didn't use the Aurors, Minerva, and I don't want to come over, it's a direct order from the minister."

Zhang Xiao sneered:

"Hagrid, it's not your fault, that student did it on purpose. The Hippogriff will be fine. ”

If it weren't for the warning letters sent by those extreme purebloods, Zhang Xiao would not have thought that there would be such an operation.

Directly cutting off trade is indeed a ruthless move, the Ministry of Magic was caught off guard, and didn't know how to deal with it at all, in 3 years, it was not one or two that were attached to the trade between the East and the West, but a whole industrial chain.

When this chain was cut off, the wizards who made their fortunes on trade staged waves of protests.

That is, the current time is still short, and those wizards have barely been appeased, but if Fudge can't come up with any means to deal with it, what awaits him will inevitably be overwhelming accusations.

Before the harshly worded ultimatum had even played its "role", those extreme purebloods didn't know what they were thinking, and they actually came up with the operation of creating chips without chips.

They learned that Hagrid and Zhang Xiao had a good relationship, so they decided to concoct a teaching accident.

The Hippogriff was just a warning, and if Zhang Xiao couldn't convince the East to resume trade, then Hagrid would be the next to be imprisoned in Azkaban.

Anyway, it's just a fabrication of charges, they are very familiar with this set.

What a strange brain circuit! What a wretching operation!

It's just that Zhang Xiao is a little curious, why these purebloods would come to him directly, instead of looking for Zhang Chengdao.

Later, I learned that my father got the 'ultimatum' that had been transferred for an unknown amount of time, and only after reading the joke did he reply in a serious manner, telling them that his son was in charge of all overseas affairs.

The third-year wizard had the final say on the trade between East and West

The pit son is quite skilled.

Zhang Xiao's decision was to throw the warning letter to Dumbledore, and the headmaster said that he would like to talk to these purebloods about the rules in the near future

Hagrid still trusted Zhang Xiao very much, and it was because of Zhang Xiao's assurance that he didn't worry too much about the safety of the eagle-headed horse winged beast.

He nodded heavily, almost throwing out Noble, who was sleeping in his hair, and said in a rough voice:

"Of course I believe you, do these officials of the Ministry of Magic never do their jobs?"

Noble yawned and spewed out a few dazzling sparks, dragons don't hibernate, but they are very lethargic in caves.

This Norwegian spiny dragon, which has become the mascot of Hogwarts, was fed by the little wizards almost several times fatter, and the last time Zhang Xiao saw it, it worked hard for a long time and almost didn't fly.

Noble blinked, and shouted affectionately at the little wizard a few times, which was regarded as a hello.

Then he grabbed Hagrid's hair angrily and yelled at him in dissatisfaction, presumably to tell him not to shake his head so loudly that he would disturb his sleep.

Hagle touched Noble's head with his fingers, thought for a moment, and then asked:

"Zhang, can you give me a thorough understanding? Will trade resume? ”

He wrung his fingers a little embarrassed, and said embarrassedly:

"You know, I have to go to the bazaar a lot, do some trades, meet some nice guys, and they've all made a lot of new things out of trade, and now that trade is gone, a lot of people have thrown all their money into it.

The days are very bad. I heard that John the Hound was almost killed by his employer because he took the order, but the goods were seized by the Ministry of Magic. ”

Zhang Xiao shrugged her shoulders, this should actually be found in the Ministry of Magic, but as soon as she reached her mouth, she suddenly stopped.

He thought slowly, and his eyes gradually lit up:

"Hagrid, do you know a lot of people who make money mainly from trade?"

"Hmm-a dozen or so, it's not those peddlers who buy low and sell high, they're all creative people, potions, alchemy, workshops and the like, what's wrong?"

Zhang Xiao touched her chin, her original plan was to let the purebloods on her side fight in the ring with those extreme purebloods, and win rich benefits on her own.

But he seems to have overestimated the courage of these people, these gentle pure-bloods seem to think that they have earned enough in the past few years, and it is not bad to be a turtle with a shrunken head for a few years, in short, the wind direction is unknown, and they are not willing to make a move.

Without these purebloods, just relying on those wizards at the bottom can pry the Ministry of Magic, and it will have no impact on the overall situation, so his plans will be all in vain.

But Hagrid's words provided him with a new idea, the previous trade model was that the purebloods directly connected to the East, and then the purebloods were distributed to their respective stores for secondary distribution.

What if you bypass the pureblood now and let those wizards go to Xiangjiang and buy them directly from the Daomen?

Everyone doesn't make money, and pure-bloods can still endure it, but it's clear that they originally earned their own money, and now they don't have their own share. It's not always going to be bearable.

After making up his mind to let Hagrid wait for his news, Zhang Xiao did not circle the topic on herself, but chatted with everyone about the recent interesting events.

By the time they left Hagrid's cabin and returned to the castle in the snow and wind, everyone was very cold.

The few people in the foyer should have been separated here, and the common rooms of Slytherin and Gryffindor were in completely opposite directions.

While everyone was dealing with the snow on their bodies, they were about to say goodbye, Zhang Xiao looked at the four little ones, and said with a smile:

"See you tomorrow, then!"

"See you tomorrow!"

Thinking that he was about to go to Zhang's house and have an unprecedented and lively Christmas, the little wizard was eager to skip the night and set off immediately.

It must have been a great Christmas holiday.

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1. Commuter pass 2, recommended ticket

The excessive chapter cards are particularly powerful, I don't know why. Anyway, it's very uncomfortable to write, and to be honest, when I wrote this chapter, my brain was a mess and I was numb.

Please also bear with me, readers.,It's really smooth when I write the plot.,I'm still bragging in the group that I wrote the plot of the old house of Gaunt very cool.,It's just that there doesn't seem to be any response.

The line of east-west trade is actually quite important.,It's a line buried for the fourth part.,It's not a simple slap in the face.,emmm,Why is the transition chapter so difficult.。

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