Penny Dursley wore a pale pink women's suit with a pearl necklace around her long neck and a veil that hung down from her wide-brimmed hat.

She looked like a peacock on the screen, standing proudly at the door of Smelting Middle School, waiting for her most precious son, Dudley.

The elderly guards at the school gate were still trying to find out what award she had won.

"Sir, Best Lawn in Greater London!"

Penny was polite, even though she was dismissive of the old man who had never even heard of the Best Lawn Award, but she answered politely.

Soon Dudley, accompanied by the school's teachers, walked through the elaborate lawns and fountains towards him.

Although the lawn is well maintained, there are still many flaws in the details - Penny takes a 'professional' look at Smetin's lawn.

Yes, from the day she won the award, Penny felt like the leading lawn maintenance expert in Greater London, and she has been talking a lot about her neighbors' lawns these days.

Smetting's teacher reconfirmed the leave, asked Petunia to sign it, and nodded with a formulaic smile:

"So, congratulations, ma'am, and please enjoy this moment of honor with your family."

"Thank you."

Looking at the backs of the two of them in the distance, the teacher shrugged his shoulders, the best lawn award?

"Mom, why didn't Dad come to pick us up?" Dudley unbuttoned Smetin's uniform shirt and placed his bowler hat on his cane and spun in a bored circle.

Petunia hurriedly flattened Dudley's clothes, carefully smoothing out every wrinkle before she said satisfied:

"Dad has an important meeting, but it doesn't matter, the award ceremony is in the afternoon, so we can go to the venue and wait for him to enjoy a big meal provided by the organizers."

Hearing the feast, Dudley's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to shout:

"So what are you waiting for, Mom, I'm going to have a big meal right now!"

Hogsmeade

The sorcerers wore hats and badges on their chests, and let them sing the "Song of Arcanus" in a mess, and everyone was immersed in great joy, raising beer glasses with three broomsticks and clinking glasses with everyone they knew and didn't know.

The crowd slowly poured towards the red tent in the center, and the tent that seemed to be able to accommodate only twenty or thirty people seemed to be a bottomless pit, and even the little wizard beside Zhang Xiao couldn't count how many people had entered.

"I think there are at least five hundred!" Ron said firmly.

"Five hundred? Weasley, haven't you seen a number greater than five hundred? Malfoy snorted, "There are definitely more than a thousand people who just entered!" ”

Hermione had a program list in her hand, and the dazzling array of performances on it made her fall into anxiety, and she impatiently stopped the argument between the two:

"Rather than the number of people, I think we should discuss which programs we should watch."

"Half-troll show!" Harry said immediately.

Malfoy shook his head, deeply disappointed by Potter's choice:

"No, I think the most worthwhile thing to watch should be the Meiwa show, guys, think about it, this is Meiwa!"

Harry and Ron asked in unison:

"What is Meiwa?"

Mei Wa, and Mei Wa? Zhang Xiao hurriedly came to Hermione's side, looked at the leaflet in her hand, and finally saw the promotional picture on the back.

Behind the curtain, a very graceful figure is behind the curtain, like a shadow puppet play, with hearts painted in pink underneath, and small letters that say 'Minors are not allowed to enter'.

Oh - Zhang Xiao understood in seconds, and glanced at Malfoy meaningfully, or you kid can play.

The discussion about what to see continued until the arrival at the red tent.

The uniformed salesman smiled and asked, "Are you Hogwarts students?" ”

A few people nodded.

"When you enter the door, there is a sign on the right that says 'Hogwarts' Sale."

And a Hogwarts show? Could it be arranged by the school?

The little wizards were pleasantly surprised to enter, this tent that didn't look very big was something else, and in front of them was a corridor fenced with a curtain.

A sign clearly states directions:

"Mei Wa Show - Turn left to the second pink door, ticket price: 5 Galleons"

"Clever Half-Troll - Turn Left 4, Fare: 10 Sico"

"Leprechaun Treasure Hunt - Turn left to the first room, ticket price: 1 Galleon (Treasure found by the elves can be drawn with the ticket stub, worth 100 Galleons)"

"Hogwarts Special - Turn right to the first room, ticket price: 0 [If you want to pose as a student, you will be listed as an undesirable customer]"

"Great! Hogwarts Special! ”

Ron clenched his fists, and his affection for the Circus of Arcanus immediately soared, he was too impulsive when he first bought and buy, and he had already spent all the money in his pocket.

I was sweating when I saw the ticket price in front of me, although anyone except myself could easily pay for the ticket for me.

But Ron was reluctant to do this, even if Zhang could take out tens of thousands of Galleons with his hands, Ron had never borrowed a Nat from Zhang Xiao, and he had his own insistence.

Follow the signs to the first room on the right, where there is also a smiling circus employee in a clown costume holding a stack of forms.

When they give their name, they immediately look for it on the form:

"Let me see, Ron Weasley, a third-year student at Gryffindor House, right?"

The clown said cheerfully in a shrill voice.

"Uh, yes, can I go in?"

"Of course, have fun—" The Joker made a gesture of please, and Ron waved at everyone and walked in first.

The four little ones entered one after another from the door, and when they were left alone, Zhang Xiao suddenly asked:

"Hello, can I ask why there is this special session?"

The clown was a little surprised, but still replied with a smile:

"Hogwarts is the most famous school in the entire wizarding world, and as a tribute, we have put together a free show for the young wizards of Hogwarts.

Of course, other programs still need to be paid. ”

Zhang Xiao nodded, watched the clown tick his name on the form, opened the curtain and walked in.

They seemed to have arrived late, and the whole venue was already full of young wizards, and the stage in the room was empty, but the atmosphere was quite hot.

The little wizard chatted happily, discussing what program would be held later, Zhang Xiao roughly counted, almost all the little wizards who could come to Hogsmeade came.

The four little ones immediately devoted themselves to the discussion, and Zhang Xiao was quickly infected by this warm atmosphere, and the smile on her face never stopped.

"Bang!"

The hall suddenly went dark, and there were screams one after another, but soon, these screams became cries of surprise.

A light fell on the stage, and a pot-bellied man appeared on the stage without knowing when, he wore an exaggerated top hat and waved his hand:

"Children – welcome, welcome to the Circus of Arcanus! I'm Joseph, the host of the circus. ”

The little wizards waved their wands vigorously, and many of them actually had a very familiar feeling - was this the dueling lesson taught by Rohart last year?

"Hogwarts - ah, Hogwarts - you are so great! You are the cradle of the wizarding world, from which countless outstanding wizards have set sail for a thousand years! ”

Joseph gushes about his admiration for Hogwarts and explains the purpose of the show, and the young wizards blushed with praise, but the expression is clear that you can say more.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting higher and higher, Joseph immediately waved his hand and announced:

"Performance, it's officially on!"

The lights of the stage dimmed again, and the whole room was dark, and the darkness seemed to release human nature, and the little wizards yelled and jumped and jumped with all their might, waiting for the opening.

Harry was among them, waving his hands as much as he could, and at that moment he felt something against his waist, and then his mind went blank, and a voice seemed to tell him what to do.

With his head down, he squeezed through the crowd and headed for the small door at the edge of the venue.

Zhang Xiao frowned, rubbed his forehead a little painfully, his five senses were stronger than ordinary people, the shouts of the little wizard would make ordinary people become excited, and they couldn't help but devote themselves to it, but it was a little painful for him.

In the midst of this chaotic shouting, Zhang Xiao suddenly faintly heard a discordant voice, which was not a meaningless shout, but a spell - [Out of Body].

Imperius?

Zhang Xiao immediately looked at the source of the sound, and there was darkness all around, but darkness was not a problem for the Law Eye, and the surrounding scene became clear immediately after opening the Law Eye.

It's just that Harry, who was not far away, was completely gone, only Ron and Crabgoyle, who were jumping and jumping, and the three of them were almost hugging each other.

What about Harry?

Zhang Xiao's heart lifted, he took a few steps back, stood on a box, looked around, and then saw Harry's back disappear behind the small door.

Wrong! Problematic!

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Xiao rushed into the crowd, grabbed Malfoy and Hermione with both hands, pulled them out of the crowd, and said quickly in the ears of the two:

"Something is wrong, Harry is gone, get out of here immediately, I'll go find Harry, you ————"

Before he finished speaking, the sense of smell beyond ordinary people once again played a role, and a trace of a vague smell did not know where it came from, almost subconsciously, Zhang Xiao's mind jumped out of the source of this smell.

Powerful life and death water - I don't know how many times I have drunk it, a super sleeping potion that calms the nerves and replenishes sleep, and the effect is immediate.

At the moment of understanding, Zhang Xiao immediately held his breath, but Malfoy and Hermione did not have this reaction, and the water of life and death diffused in the air took effect at an extremely fast speed.

Malfoy and Hermione, with horror still on their faces, fell limply.

Looking up, the little wizards in the venue seemed to have been caught in a coma spell, like cutting rice, and fell to the ground with a brush.

Almost the moment they fell, Zhang Xiao picked up his wand and cast a phantom spell on himself, and by the way, he slapped a hidden charm on his body, and shrank in the corner motionless.

Although he only inhaled a small amount of life and death water, this domineering potion still worked, and Zhang Xiao only felt that he was very sleepy.

This decision was undoubtedly very clever, because in the next moment, the whole venue lit up.

Some wizards who had cast a bubble head charm to make their heads look distorted and deformed walked in, and Zhang Xiao pinched his thighs, fighting the drowsiness with pain.

"All asleep?" An exaggerated and flirtatious female voice said.

Although through the bubble head curse, Zhang Xiao still recognized that this was Bella, Voldemort's most faithful believer, and the culprit of the Longbottom couple's torture case.

"Potter is gone?" The other person, Zhang Xiao, couldn't recognize it, so she could only listen to him complain incessantly:

"What a problem, why do you have to use the Imperius Charm to let Potter go first? You can't just sleep together. ”

Bella turned her head and glared at the complaining man, as if she wanted to give him a moment:

"Are you an idiot? This kind of water of life and death that can be spread has just been researched, and there is no antidote yet, so they can only wait for them to wake up! You want the Dark Lord to wait for Potter to wake up and greet him, right? ”

The Death Eater shrank his head and quickly swore that he would never have such an idea.

Bella sneered twice, looked around at the other Death Eaters present, and said sarcastically:

"I know what you're thinking, don't you?

A bunch of idiots! Do you know how much protection that old madman Dumbledore has put on this place?

It had been planned for so long that it had barely been able to hide from Dumbledore's eyes, there was no way to apparition here, there was no way to use the portkey, and when the students arrived at Hogsmeade, the entire village was locked down!

Any entry and exit has to be thoroughly checked, and it's Dumbledore's people who are in charge!

Hurry up and get moving, we won't be able to hide it for long-"

Zhang Xiao sat quietly in the corner and listened, quietly took out a refreshing pill and threw it into his mouth, slowly melting, which was stronger than swallowing.

He was surprised, because he heard his name next:

"Pay attention, the kid named Zhang is not here, many old friends can pay close attention to him, according to the intelligence, his strength should not be underestimated-"

"Lord Bella, you're too careful, no matter how you say it, you're just a little wizard in the third year, and I couldn't even use the stun spell when I was in the third year."

In response to him was Bella's shrill laughter:

"Although I think so too, the master seems to be very interested in him, anyway, hurry, hurry!"

Zhang Xiao watched as they used magic to lift the little wizards up one by one, and through the back door, I don't know where they were sent.

I watched them look around at the little wizard's face, scolding and looking for themselves.

Watching them take away the little wizard's wand, they didn't find themselves in the end, so they had to retreat in a hurry.

After the suspicious Bella went and returned several times, she carefully moved her pace and slipped out quietly, perhaps because of the opening of the performance, there were a lot fewer people outside.

Only the vendors were cleaning up the rubbish on the ground, counting their goods, and taking the opportunity to restock or rest.

The cold air outside lifted his spirits, and the pills in his mouth slowly worked.

Bella is indeed not lying, this newly improved water of life and death is indeed domineering, there is no antidote to the symptoms, it can only be relieved little by little, and sometimes the East and the West are not interconnected.

Just like grandpa can't cure the snake venom on his body, the West can't solve the soul disorder.

It wasn't until she was far away from the tent that Zhang Xiao gasped for breath and closed her eyes against the wall.

Now what?

If you want to make a big noise, you just need to send a flare into the sky, but doing so will scare you.

And Harry - Zhang Xiao took out three sticks of incense, quickly drew a circle on the ground with his toes, inserted the incense in the center of the circle, and pinched his fingers to make a trick.

Just a pinch of his hand, the incense was immediately lit, and Zhang Xiao silently recited in his heart:

"Ask for directions!"

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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

I have a question, if Voldemort captures a large group of Hogwarts students, or takes a large group of hostages and forces Dumbledore to commit suicide, what will Dumbledore choose?

Ah, just a doubt, the follow-up plot is definitely not like this, it's too low to write like this.

(End of chapter)