Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

After leaving the Pig's Head Bar, Zhang Xu wandered around Hogs Meade.

When he was considering whether to find ginger and fish cakes for a meal, he found a sudden burst of laughter from the Three Broomsticks bar by the roadside.Zhang, who was very curious, decided to join in the fun.

"I saw that Death Eater raised his wand towards me, and when he was halfway through the spell, my stun spell had already hit him, and he just fell straight to the ground."

It turned out to be a young wizard bragging in the bar. With a slightly drunk face, he stood by the table in the middle of the bar, telling his own story with a lot of water in his voice and dancing.

With the increase of battles, there are many Aurors like him who brag there after drinking two glasses of wine.

The guests in the bar are also happy to listen to their bragging while drinking, so this has become the latest entertainment item in the Three Broomsticks Bar.However, what interests the guests the most is the fact that someone blows their hair out and is demolished by other drinkers.

The more happy person is the proprietress of the bar. When someone brags, the turnover of the store will be much higher than before.

As soon as Zhang Xu entered the door, he was spotted by today's braggarts. He froze for a moment when he looked at the bar door, but the drinkers who listened to his bragging also looked at the bar door.

The bragging Auror obviously knew Zhang Xu. He raised his glass and shouted, "Salute to our dead Professor Zhang."

Among the laughter, the drinkers raised their glasses one after another to pay tribute to Professor Zhang who was shot dead.

Naturally, Mr. Zhang wouldn't argue too much with an alcoholic who had drunk too much, he just "biu" a little magic spell at him.

"Let's learn to meow together

Meow meow meow together"

Amidst another round of laughter from the crowd, the guy started singing and dancing in the center of the bar.

Zhang Xu found an empty table in the corner and sat down, then asked the proprietress for a cocktail made of 1 part scotch whiskey, [-] part elderflower liqueur, some hot chamomile tea and a spoonful of honey .

The guy in the center of the bar who was bragging just now knew Zhang Xu, who is now dancing. His name is Brian Braddock, and he used to be a student of Eagle Academy.After graduating a few years ago, he went to start a business. It seems that he and a few people opened a research institute or something to help some manufacturers of magic items solve some technical problems.

But according to what he is bragging about now, he has already joined the Auror team.

From the start of the Total War last year to the present, there were two large-scale anti-encirclement and suppression operations against Hogsmeade, and then a series of battles of various sizes, all parties involved in the war suffered huge casualties.

For a while, the number of Aurors in the Ministry of Magic became stretched.

In order to replenish manpower, the Ministry of Magic had to slightly lower the admission threshold for Aurors, and at the same time greatly simplified Aurors' employment training.Fortunately, the constant events at Hogwarts in the past few years, and the DA activities in full swing, made the level of the new Aurors not too bad.

However, those half-baked new Aurors are usually stationed in and around their residences, and they are used as "film police" with the help of the National Wizarding Defense System.Those wizards with strong abilities will enter the main force after passing the assessment.

 

Now the prototype of Brian Braddock's bragging is the process of capturing a group of Death Eaters after they received a report two days ago.

Recently, Mr. Zhang has always had the feeling of fright before danger comes.

After the last action of flooding the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort did not take any major revenge actions in the following time, which is enough to make people more vigilant.

It is not in Voldemort's character not to fight back when he suffers, so the Order of the Phoenix has been collecting as much information as possible to judge his next move.

However, after the news of Nagini's disappearance came out, Zhang Xu contacted all the spies and went into a latent state. Except for Voldemort's personal dispatch, he should not pass on any more information.

After suffering so many failures caused by suspected leaks, it is unreasonable for Voldemort not to conduct an internal "loyalty investigation".

Against such a background, Voldemort's next action will surely be as violent as a storm.

As far as Zhang was concerned, he wished that Voldemort would rush over tomorrow to start the Armageddon, so that he could call it a day and go home to get married.

The British side also holds the same attitude. After receiving assistance from allies and the British government finding out the way to go, the strength of the two sides is tilted towards their own side.

If we can solve domestic problems earlier, we can reduce our debts to allies.The friendship between countries often represents the exchange of interests.

As far as someone from Zhang learned, the Ministry of Magic is planning a series of active attack plans in order to wipe out Voldemort's vital forces as much as possible.

Zhang Xu, who was thinking about something, unknowingly drank the wine in his glass. At this time, Brian Braddock's bragging performance had ended, and the bar was much quieter.

After paying the bill, Zhang Xu left the Three Broomsticks and walked towards the foot of the mountain north of Hogsmeade.

At the foot of a hill about a mile away from Hogsmeade stands a large group of tombstones, where the Aurors who died for the Ministry of Magic since the war began are buried.

On the south side of the cemetery is a marble tablet, engraved with the names of the victims, the time of birth and death, and the place of sacrifice.

Two staff members were standing in front of the stele, one was holding a palm-sized note with his remaining left hand, and the other was holding a wand with his remaining right hand to add new names to the stele.

On the ground next to them were flowers and wreaths from visitors.

There is a long table not far from the stele. Both sides of the long table are filled with flowers and wreaths for visitors to mourn their relatives and friends. In the middle is a box, which says that the income from donations will be used for sacrifices. The upbringing of Auror orphans, and the rescue of disabled Aurors.

Zhang Xu grabbed a handful of gold coins from the money bag and threw them into the donation box with a "crash", and then picked up a wreath the size of a basketball and a few flowers from the side.

The two retired Aurors who added their names to the stele had already left. Zhang Xu placed a wreath in front of the stele, and then began to silently recite the names on the stele one by one from the back to the front to see if there were any new additions. People you know.

There are many names familiar to Zhang Xu on the whole stone tablet, and many people who have lived together in Hogwarts have been buried in the cold cemetery behind.

Not long after, Zhang Xu sighed deeply, checked that the flowers in his hand were not enough, took two more flowers from the long table, and walked to the depths of the cemetery.