When Vernon pulled into Lane 4 and saw his house and beautiful lawn, he was visibly better again.

Penny was preparing a sumptuous dinner when Dudley's cane-wielding insistence forced the Dursleys to go into Christmas dinner mode a few days early.

He could eat a whole turkey on his own!

Mrs. Dursley had a fine day, and all was normal. At the dinner table, Mrs. Dursley told him about the mother-daughter conflict in her neighborhood, and other tidbits she had heard.

Dudley wasn't interested in that at all, and he was busy pulling the Christmas cookies and Christmas pudding from his plate and piling them high on his plate.

"Good boy, that's how you eat." Vernon giggled, picked up a glass of whiskey, handed his pudding to Dudley, and said to Penny, who was enthusiastically telling the gossip on the street next door:

"Honey, guess what I saw on the way back?"

Penny couldn't get enough of stopping the love-hate relationship between the fat widow and the milkman two blocks away, and pursed her lips and cut her pudding:

"Huh?"

"A 30-foot Christmas tree! Who would use such a big Christmas tree! Vernon laughed, as if it had triggered his strange laugh, and he raised another glass of whiskey, drank it down, and suddenly asked:

"Hmm-Penny, my dear--that kid is supposed to spend Christmas with that Mr. Black this year?"

At the Dursleys, Harry's name was a taboo word, and if he had to be mentioned, the Dursleys would use the word 'boy' instead.

Ding's knife collides with the beautiful bone china plate with a crisp sound.

She pursed her lips, looked at her husband sternly, and said dryly, "It should be, what's wrong." We said okay, don't mention it at home - mention him. ”

Vernon touched his soft hair and muttered:

"I don't know how, I have a strange feeling that if someone uses a Christmas tree, then there's a good chance they did."

Mrs. Dursley pursed her lips and took a sip of mulled wine, shaking her head impatiently:

"But what does that have to do with us?"

Vernon shrugged his shoulders and suddenly felt that he was acting stupidly too much, yes, what does it have to do with us?

But he suddenly remembered Blake again, and God knows how surprised he and Penny were when the handsome middle-aged man who looked like an aristocratic man knocked on their door and told him who he was.

(Blake's black hair is a metaphor for the Roman aristocracy, the noblest class in the West.) ）

I didn't expect that group of eccentric and weird crazy people who couldn't even wear clothes would have a gentleman as personable as Mr. Black?

"I'm sorry, I'm Harry's godfather, and I've been busy with the family business all these years, it's a remote place with no modern communication equipment - you know, the minerals on the African side."

Mr. Black looked pale, with melancholy and decadence written on his face.

Vernon and Penny almost immediately fell in love with him, as he showed his gratitude by buying a large number of rigs for his mining industry in Africa!

It was a generous thank you gift that would take Vernon Dersley's position to the next level.

The conversation with Mr. Black was undoubtedly pleasant, although he didn't know a lot about them, such as he didn't know much about tennis and wasn't a fan.

But Vernon spoke to him about Chelsea and expressed his love and support for the team.

Mr. Black did not show anything out of the ordinary, on the contrary, he showed great interest, and politely inquired about the details.

When they learn that the Black family is nearly a thousand years old, Vernon and Penny are in awe of a true "old money".

For the sake of the rig order, and the possibility of future orders, Vernon decided to give Mr. Black a unique position in his heart.

The atmosphere in the dining room was somewhat silent, and Vernon was looking at the glass in the light while actually deserting.

Dudley wasn't interested in anything, he had only one goal, and that was to take out the damn pudding.

After a moment of silence, Penny decided to say something to ease the atmosphere:

"Honey, I have good news for you—"

Sure enough, Vernon's interest was immediately aroused.

He put down his glass, his thick beard trembling, and asked with interest:

"Oh? I guess it could be that our little darling darling knocked out a couple of unlearned thugs with his boxing gloves?

He's a chivalrous Robin Hood! ”

Some time ago, he won the Southeastern Junior Heavyweight Intercollegiate Boxing Championship, but it was followed by a warning from Smelting Middle School that Dudley had been involved in several brawls at school.

The Dursleys burst into the school and loudly defended their son, claiming that Dudley was never a bully, that he was loving and compassionate, and would only use his fists to protect his classmates.

Hearing her husband tell about her son's heroic deeds, Penny couldn't help but smile, and she handed her dessert to the past:

"Mother's little angel, so that you have the strength to protect those poor children."

After watching Dudley swallow the fist-sized pudding in one gulp, she said with a proud look like a peacock:

"Our lawn and garden have won awards!"

"Winning an award?" Vernon frowned, "What award?" Honey – you know, we won a prize last time and we were asked to send the money first, damn liar, my £100! ”

"Of course I do!" Petunia suddenly pulls out a beautifully packaged box, which opens with a beautiful trophy and a check:

"Look, the prize money has been sent over, £500! I went to the bank to verify it and the check was genuine! ”

Five hundred pounds? That's not a small amount, most people don't get five hundred pounds a month at the moment, Vernon nodded, and put his doubts aside for a moment.

Penny is still chattering about the award:

"It's a professional judging committee, you don't need to sign up, they have people in and around London, they don't alarm anyone, but they look at the lawns and gardens of every house with the strictest eyes!

If you let everyone sign up, they will go back and carefully clean up their lawn, so that you can't see who is the most attentive in normal times, so their philosophy is to find the lawn that is the most attentive on weekdays.

You know, I've got a lot of experience looking after lawns and gardens, so my dear, our home has won the 'Surrey County Most Beautiful Lawn Garden' award! ”

Vernon slapped vigorously, and by the way, he called Dudley to applaud Penny together, he wiped his tears and said tremblingly:

"Penny, your dedication to this home has finally paid off, congratulations, you deserve it, I swear there is no better lawn in the entire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland than ours!

Neither does Buckingham Palace! ”

Penny became more and more proud, as serious as the Prime Minister giving a speech:

"Not only that, but as Surrey champions, we'll be competing all over London! The members of the committee told me that with their professional vision, our lawn is very promising!

Once you win the prize in London – £10,000! ”

"Dad, can't the location of the Horcruxes really be counted?"

Zhang Xiao lay in the wide back seat of Rolls-Royce, yawned and asked, the little wizard was too excited last night, especially Harry, who had an invisibility cloak, and dragged them to the bathroom on the third floor until midnight, where it was very clean and safe now.

Even professors who patrol at night won't go to that place, and Myrtle can still help with the wind.

The four have already separated, and they will first go back to their own homes to clean up, and then they will come together tomorrow, such as the Weasleys.

Bill and Charlie will also be back this year, so they will have nine people, much to the embarrassment of Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Molly.

But Zhang Chengdao upheld the usual hospitality of the Chinese, patting his chest and saying that there were enough rooms at home, and there was absolutely no need to worry about not being able to live.

As for the expenses, don't talk about the money.

Zhang Chengdao patted the steering wheel and thought for a while:

"It's not that it can't be counted at all, isn't that fool divided into several parts? If you take it, you should be able to calculate it, but it can only be an approximation, and the exact location can't be calculated.

By the way, the position of that fool can't be counted. ”

Zhang Chengdao paused, and was surprised: "Don't say it, there is still something in this West, and there is such a strong correlation between soul and spirit, and the Horcrux can still maintain a state that is both isolated and connected."

It's really rare, your fourth uncle specializes in souls, and he has never seen this kind of situation, didn't you say that you want to extract Voldemort's soul from the object?

This matter has to be done by your fourth uncle, who has been waiting to see the Western scenery for a long time. ”

Zhang Xiao relieved his heart, and now only Harry and Hufflepuff's gold cups remained, and there was a Nagini who didn't know if there was a split.

One of the things that worries me the most is the gold cup, although in the original time and space, the gold cup is hidden in Bella's vault, but what if it is not hidden now? Or Voldemort suddenly wants to change positions or something, and that's it.

As long as you have an approximate location, Dumbledore will take care of the rest.

Rolls-Royce was slowly moving forward in the traffic, Zhang Chengdao was silent for a while, and suddenly said softly:

"Xiaoxiao."

"Huh? What's wrong Dad? ”

"There is news from Longhu Mountain, and the situation in my hometown is not quite right recently."

Zhang Xiao grunted, frowned and asked nervously:

"It's not right, isn't there a [Heavenly Court]?"

"Well, this is also what you and your uncles don't understand very well, it stands to reason that although the country is surging now, the overall situation is still stable, at least it is much more stable than when there was an emperor in the past, [Heavenly Court] obviously has no vision, but the signs are getting worse and worse.

There was a zombie king incident in Sichuan and Chongqing some time ago, and the zombies of nearly a thousand years were almost to the point of not turning into bones, but fortunately, it was also one of the most important strongholds of my Daomen, and it was discovered in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

In this way, he also seriously injured several powerful Daomen disciples. ”

"Huh? How was it handled? ”

Zhang Chengdao sighed:

"Tsk, it's the first time I've known that there are zombies of this level, and I've seen a few zombies who have just entered the wandering corpse before, and the strength is very strong but it's easy to solve.

Zombies that are close to not turning into bones, the body is still there after the thunder split, and if you don't destroy the body, you are helping it transform, and when the thunder can't split the true spirit, it's time to become a bone.

After being trapped, it was burned with real fire. ”

Sichuan and Chongqing, zombies, burning Zhang Xiao scratched her head, always feeling as if she had seen it in her previous life.

Before he could recall the relevant 'supernatural stories', Zhang Chengdao had already continued:

"So next my mother and I are estimated to live in the country permanently, this is our responsibility, we must ensure the peace of the country, you have to be careful here, after all, you are here alone."

Zhang Xiao waved his hand:

"It's okay, even if you go back, the country is more important, I still have life-saving things here, it's a big deal to use the transfer charm to move grandpa over!"

"You kid-" Zhang Chengdao glanced at his son through the rearview mirror angrily, and shook his head: "I knew you were going to say this." ”

The Rolls-Royce gradually stopped, the snow was already beginning to fall outside, and the whole of London seemed to be coming out, and they were seizing the last bit of time to make a shopping spree.

"Do you know how the Great Shifter is realized?"

Zhang Chengdao suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

"Well—I don't know, I didn't mention it in the first solution of that talisman."

"After using the Great Shifter, make a mark on your location, this mark can only be captured by the [Heavenly Court], if it is within the enveloping range of the [Heavenly Court], it will immediately teleport you to a Dao Gate stronghold.

However, if you are outside the shroud range of [Heavenly Court], you will send someone who was bound before the Great Shift Charm to you, which is why your grandfather will be moved over, not you will be moved back.

The Great Shifter itself doesn't actually have the ability to teleport, and your grandfather doesn't have the strength to teleport thousands of miles away, but he is the only one in the entire Dao Gate who can resist this kind of movement.

What can really achieve this kind of ultra-long-distance teleportation is actually [Heavenly Court].

So. Once [Heavenly Court] is unstable."

Snowflakes began to appear on the windshield, and then quietly melted, becoming small droplets flowing down the glass, leaving a series of winding traces, and the heater in the car was whining on, making people feel drowsy.

But Zhang Chengdao's words made Zhang Xiao's heart gush with a deep chill.

After thinking for a while, he said slowly:

"If this happens, then the Shifter in my hand will become a piece of waste paper?"

The snow became heavier and heavier, and Zhang Chengdao nodded:

"Yes, that's why I told you to be careful."

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(End of chapter)