Chapter 157: Reunion and Wand

Located in the middle of City Hall Park in the Lower Manhattan Downtown District, New York City Hall is the oldest city hall still in use in the United States.

New York City Hall was built from 1803 to 1812 and was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Its rotunda is also a New York City landmark.

Hermione sat on a garden bench, squinting at the sunlight and then at the entrance to the park, an unusual expectation.

Looking forward to the day when I get together with my friends.

I wonder how everyone is doing these days?

Hermione lowered her head and pulled out a folded newspaper from her pouch, which was unfolded to reveal Harry, Ron and Malfoy dancing in their ballet costumes.

Her pretty face bloomed like a flower, and her eyebrows and eyes were curved, revealing a smile like water.

The slender fingers smoothed the folds on the photo, and there was an indescribable thrill in my heart.

The American Auror pursed his lips, his mystique almost gone:

"Okay Zhang, your clues are bought from me, in total-"

Neville looked at Benjamin with a complicated expression, and his lips trembled twice, I left it on purpose!

He found a dark corner, snapped his fingers lightly, and a coolness gradually spread from the top of his head, the effect of the illusion spell was quite good, but if you looked closely, you could still see a little shadow vaguely.

"What are you talking about?"

Now the ticket office bought a pedestal ticket, as for the ticket to the head crown, because of the carrying capacity, there are very few tickets, and Zhang Xiao does not plan to buy it.

“here you are”

"Sifu, did we forget to bring what we found when we were cleaning? Luckily Eric said you asked him where the town hall was, otherwise we wouldn't be able to find you. ”

The figure of the American Auror gradually condensed in the air, little by little, from virtual to real.

But Zhang Xiao's purpose was not to visit, but to use his magic wand, and he walked straight towards the top of the pedestal.

Neville stood not far away, holding a pot of cactus balls in his hand, as simple as a country boy who had just entered the city.

Zhang Xiao took out two thousand dollars and stuffed them into his hand:

"No need to look for it!"

"Uh-huh—made a movie." Cedric shrugged, still a little shy: "Regarding vampires, I honestly think that the difference between the vampires that Muggles imagine is quite different from the real ones. ”

"I-" Cedric took his backpack and pulled out a thick amount of money from it, "It's quite a lot here, $30,000!" ”

"Draco, Harry, Ron, you guys are great, I thought I was already the most earner, it seems likely to be second."

The conversation about the movie only lasted for a while, and finally the big guy turned his attention to Neville:

Hermione thought, she looked up, her pink face seemed to glow in the sun, a figure in the distance was slowly approaching, Hermione narrowed her eyes slightly, and her eyes lit up.

He reluctantly thanked him, but Benjamin didn't hear the complicated emotions in Neville's tone at all, but narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Sifu, everyone said that they couldn't send you, so they all came, no matter what, we are all Sifu's disciples!" ”

He hurriedly looked at the second card:

"It's nothing, it's just a few days as usual." Neville held up the cactus, "But I did find this, look, doesn't it look like Mibu Mibao?" ”

After speaking, Benjamin looked at Neville angrily, like a child who wanted the teacher to praise:

"Guys! We're all home! ”

Zhang Xiao returned to Clinton Park again, where he appeared when he first apparitioned, and the figure of the homeless man was no longer on the bench.

The wand hummed sharply, and a blinding flash of lightning flashed as it broke free.

"Neville, have you gone to rob Gringotts??"

Swaggering as if all of New York belonged to the three of them.

Wait to come back, just show them this picture.

"Shhhh

"How can there be so many!"

Benjamin turned his head and raised his hand, hulala, and more than 300 of Neville's disciples learned to use their left palms and right fists like in martial arts movies:

"Silk Fu!"

Hermione and Cedric looked down and laughed, then laughed louder and louder, completely ignoring the darkening trio of Little Swans.

"Is it fun to make a movie?"

As if it were a god

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"Wait for me for three years, I'll be back!"

"Yes, it's actually okay, but it feels similar to the drama that Lockhart performed when he gave us lessons, the difference is that you don't have to talk a lot of times when making movies, you just deliberately pretend to be cool with a straight face."

"Capture ???" A few friends looked at Neville with their mouths open.

“wow! Movie! Several young wizards exclaimed in unison.

Crunch, the car stopped at the door of the municipal garden, and Benjamin, panting, ran over and handed over a bag:

The stairs here were so cramped that Zhang Xiao couldn't even go up past the chirping female tourists in front of her, so she could only follow behind them, almost smoky by the strong smell of perfume and fox.

is not bullying the weak, not bullying the weak, but becoming a 'chivalry', 'chivalry' does not distinguish between things, as long as you have justice in your heart, it is chivalrous!

"Benjamin—" Neville stuffed his handbag back into the hands of the eldest disciple, "Take this money and use it in the martial arts hall, and you won't have to pay the tuition from today on." ”

He smiled warmly, patted Benjamin on the shoulder, and repeated again:

"$1500! On average, more than $200 a day, even in New York, it is a good income! ”

"Silk Fu, two hundred and thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars, all here!"

Neville relaxed and listened intently to the conversation.

After wheezing like this for a while, Zhang Xiao felt that he had eased up, and the door to his arm was firmly locked at the moment.

Zhang Xiao made it all the way to Battery Park in New York, and if she wanted to get to the Statue of Liberty, she had to take a ferry to Liberty Island from here.

Before he could finish his words, a shout came from behind him:

"Silk Fu! You forgot to take your money! ”

His eldest disciple stretched out his arm from an open-top Cadillac and shouted loudly while waving it.

What the hell am I looking forward to?

Zhang Xiao shook her head and put the card away.

The first thing you enter through the Centennial Gate at the back of the statue is the statue's hall, surrounded by tourists who are still taking pictures and exclaiming from time to time.

The whole bronze statue is made of 120 tons of steel as the skeleton, 80 tons of copper sheets as the skin, 300,000 rivets are assembled and fixed on the bracket, and the total weight is 225 tons.

The third one:

"The treasure is hidden deep here, and those who seek it need to look carefully, and only when the light of freedom shines on it can they discover it."

Hermione waved the newspaper in her hand, but Malfoy snatched it, and he said indignantly:

There were a lot of people on the ferry, and Zhang Xiao even saw a few Chinese, who kept taking pictures of the beautiful scenery around the place with their cameras, and the admiration was endless.

Hermione covered her mouth, then opened her satchel and said sincerely:

"Thank you!"

I have to say that Cedric still learned a lot in these seven days, and the female agent dressed him as a boyfriend under the influence of love.

On the other side, the figures of Harry Ron Malfoy and the three fools also appeared, and the three of them all had extremely stinky expressions on their faces.

Hermione burst out laughing, and she shook the newspaper and made a rattling sound:

Zhang Xiao leaned back on the bench and stretched out her hand to say hello.

The statue is 46 meters tall and has a base of 45 meters, which is almost as tall as a 20-story building.

The road was quiet and peaceful, with the sea breeze blowing gently and the cool smell of salty seawater.

He couldn't even put a bubble spell on himself, and even if he used the breath-holding method, the stench still drilled through his every pore like a maggot on a tarsal bone.

"Finally seeing you again—"

Zhang Xiao stretched out his hand with pure joy:

"Come!"

That is, her wand was hidden in the Statue of Liberty, in the torch she was holding in her hand!

Looking at it letter by letter, I hope to see something different.

In 1916, an explosion in New York Harbor damaged the statue, so the observation deck on the arm was closed, but maintenance workers could still reach the torch through two ladders.

As soon as Zhang Xiao saw the first one, he had an incredible feeling.

"Hurry up, Neville tell us about it!"

He sat quietly in his seat, listening to the chatter of the people on the ferry.

"Neville, how are you spending the last few days?"

Ron was so shocked that he couldn't even speak:

"How do you know?"

The steel bracket inside the statue was designed by architect Jovie Rébduc and French engineer Eiffel, who is famous for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Compared with the handsome but slightly young guy who was handsome before, he is now a Hollywood-type man.

"We're not doing this for everyone!"

It took him a while to finally confirm that the so-called clue was that simple!!

Even the thought process is omitted.

"Five thousand dollars! That's what we get from playing ugly, for everyone's sake, for Hogwarts, we'd rather dance in ballet costumes! ”

The Statue of Liberty is arguably one of the most famous landmarks in the world, and perhaps nothing in the entire United States is more famous.

With a misunderstood grievance and the excitement of raising his eyebrows, he pulled out the wad of dollars.

Neville's heart suddenly swelled up with a huge warm current, although they hadn't been together for long, some people had only joined for two or three days, but they really swore as they had sworn when they entered.

"You don't think you can hide it under a pseudonym, do you? And all the wizards can see the dancing of them, so what is there to hide? ”

It's just a short 10th floor, and they climbed for almost half an hour!

The American Auror's words choked in his throat, and he muttered:

It's like the Great Wall, it's a representation of a country.

In fact, he didn't bring much, only 15,000 dollars, which was enough to buy the whole team's clues and have a surplus of money, but it seems that these are not needed now.

After easily opening the iron door with the lockpicking charm, he can finally stop hiding himself with the Illusion Charm.

The branches and leaves were blown by the wind and shook gently, so the lights and shadows also swayed.

Stand up and wave your hand:

"Cedric, here!"

Zhang Xiao found an opportunity and followed behind a few female tourists who were showcasing, and their colorful clothes were the best camouflage color.

"I knew it was so"

The moment he held the wand, power surged through his body, and the two people who were watching the scenery from the Crown Observation Deck looked at the torch in amazement.

"Rain or shine, she stands forever at the end of the sea,

The torch in his hand, like the Beidou in the night sky,

Her countenance, though baptized by the years, is more solemn,

The guardian of freedom, unmoved by time. ”

Hermione's mood suddenly brightened, she deliberately stood up, and said in a surprised tone:

"Gee, isn't this a famous ballet star in New York? Harrow, Bonn, Erfo? ”

Taking a long breath, he reached out and fumbled in his pocket for a while, and simply stuffed it into Zhang Xiao's hand:

There was also a small stack of dollars lying in the palm of Bai Nen's hand, and there was pride in his tone:

Then, as if fleeing, he hurriedly took the money and disappeared into thin air again.

A familiar throbbing pulsates in the heart, as if the wand is cheering for the reunion with its master.

Liberty Island is not huge, but apart from the bookstores and cafes, the most striking thing is the Statue of Liberty perched on a stone base.

"Neville!"

Belch. This clue

Wouldn't it, it's as simple as that??

Zhang Xiao laughed softly and lowered her head to look at the card in her hand.

People of the future can't imagine the fear and oppression that came with America in the eighties and nineties, when many people were afraid and worshiped the United States.

But after 30 years, the offensive and defensive momentum has reversed, and the lighthouse is no longer lit, but a new lighthouse has been lit on the other side of the ocean.

Zhang Xiao put down the card in his hand, was stunned for a while, rubbed his eyes, lowered his head and looked at it again.

This is the pseudonym that they broke out during the interview!

This made Zhang Xiao a little regretful, he wanted to ask if he slept comfortably that night, the morning sun was not dazzling, and the soft light sprinkled fine light and shadow through the gaps in the leaves.

Malfoy and Harry looked at her in horror.

The joy of the reunion made his round face with a bright smile and waved his hand at everyone:

There are a lot of tourists here, and the road to the statue is unusually narrow, so you need to move quickly and accurately.

When he finally reached the chest platform, he felt that his nose had lost sensation, and he was hiding in the corner and gasping for air.

Zhang Xiao has seen related videos in her last life, and the narrow and cramped stairs inside are surrounded by dense steel structures, with a unique beauty, which is very sci-fi.

A figure stood there, surrounded by thunder and lightning.

Hearing Hermione's compliment, Malfoy immediately smiled with satisfaction.

"Neville, did you read the newspaper?"

"Have you seen any stars?" This was asked by Hermione and Harry.

Malfoy closed his eyes, bit his lip tightly, and said faintly:

"Even if I knew it was a cup of poison, I would choose to drink it when I was extremely thirsty, so we thought we could hide it from one day at a time."

The above is written in English, something similar to a riddle, starting with the first one:

"Standing on the shore of the sea, holding high the lamp of freedom, with copper skin and iron bones, illuminating the returnees."

Neville, who was about to pay for it, silently stuffed it back in, since his partners had enough money to buy clues, then he naturally didn't have to take out the money.

Neville shook his body and turned around in disbelief, only to see a huge motorcade coming from the other side of the street, as if it was some grand car show, and all kinds of cars could be seen, some even riding motorcycles.

"Hey! See you again—"

The entire pedestal is as high as 7 floors, of which the third and sixth floors have observation decks, which can enjoy the scenery of the harbor.

After coming to the torch through two long ladders, Zhang Xiao looked at the center of the torch the moment he pushed the door open.

Entering the interior of the statue is the famous double spiral staircase, one up and one down, without interfering with each other.

The three fools' faces turned white all of a sudden, like a blank piece of paper.

1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

Riwan!! Keep asking for tickets!!

I picked up the pace a bit, and the third round was over! The Great War is coming!

(End of chapter)