Chinese students at Hogwarts.

Chapter 128 Lockhart's Plan
Everyone's eyes became more serious and dignified, they stared at Lockhart, waiting for his explanation.

Lockhart rubbed his blond hair in distress, turning them into a mess of straw, like a deflated ball, his whole body became sluggish, and said sullenly:

"Okay, okay, this is the first time that my plan has been revealed in advance! It's all confidential!"

Zhang Xiao has already quietly touched the desk, carefully looking for a book with a black cover.

It's a pity that there are quite a few notebooks on Lockhart's desk, probably manuscripts when he was writing, and there is no black diary.

Over there, Lockhart was weakly talking about his 'plan':
"Halloween is coming, and I'm preparing to launch a new campaign to add a little... a little more atmosphere to Halloween.

First write some wonderful sentences from my new book on the wall to arouse the curiosity of the little wizards, and then invite a few ghosts to play ghosts."

Listening to Lockhart's narration, Zhang Xiao became more and more familiar with it. Isn't this a common routine for the announcement of previous life movies?
No wonder you can become a best-selling author. You understand the warm-up, appetizing, and atmosphere creation!

"Speaking of which, this idea has something to do with Zhang."

Zhang Xiao was taken aback, why did he have something to do with him?I have no communication with Lockhart!

Unexpectedly, following Lockhart's narration, Zhang Xiao found that it seemed that he could really match him!

Because of his own existence, many wizards became very interested in the East. They explored the East curiously, and finally got a lot of specious news.

Lockhart was one of them. When looking for inspiration for a new book during the summer vacation, he discovered a very interesting thing in the East.

It was something called a movie made by Muggles, and it was suspected to be about a story about an oriental wizard hitting a kind of corpse that looked like a reanimated corpse.

Muggles love love so much!
As if he had found a treasure, Lockhart immediately got the movie, watched it repeatedly, stared at the subtitles he was not used to, and watched it several times!

At the end, he added with a little aftertaste:
"The name of that movie is rather strange, it's called "Mr. Corpse"!"

He also praised his Eastern counterparts:

"They've all started promoting themselves among Muggles! We're not doing enough, not enough!"

Lockhart. Watch Mr. Zombie?
No matter how you look at these two words together, they are incompatible!But I have to admit, it really has something to do with me.

Dumbledore pondered for a while:

"Gidero, what you mean is that you wrote a plausible sentence on the wall to arouse the interest and discussion of the little wizards.

Then invite ghosts to play ghosts, scare little wizards, and let the fear and rumors ferment to the peak before Halloween.

Finally, on Halloween, you invite the ghosts of Hogwarts to 'attack' the Great Hall, accompanied by a band of skeletons.

And at the last moment, like in a Muggle movie, you appeared to 'drive away' the ghost, 'rescue' the little wizard, and took the opportunity to promote your new book? "

Lockhart nodded at each of Dumbledore's words.

Good guy, it's a shame to be in the wizarding world!Not to mention, Zhang Xiao really wanted to see it. The reason why routines are routines is because they are easy to use.

"It's too much! Professor Lockhart! You are a professor at Hogwarts, you should spend more time on how to teach students better! Instead."

Professor McGonagall turned pale with anger, her thin lips were drawn into a line, and her eyes were full of sternness:

"Instead of spending a lot of time on these things, I thought that the moment you accepted the school's invitation, you understood the truth!"

Facing everyone's eyes, Lockhart sat back on the chair resentfully, it seemed that he was quite unconvinced by Professor McGonagall's reprimand.

I probably know it, so I dare to do it next time.

"Please allow me to say something, Headmaster." Snape said in the shadows, Harry's heart skipped a beat as he silently shrank aside.

Since Snape's rare gaffe last time, he has become even more serious about himself. Originally, the deduction was only one point by one point, but now it has been increased to five points!

He believed that nothing Snape said would do him any good.

"Maybe, Potter and his friends just shouldn't be in that place at that time," said Snape, with half of his face hidden in the shadows, looking more like a villain.

There was a slight sneer on his lips, as if he had serious doubts, "But we did run into a series of doubts.

Like why Mr Potter and his two little followers."

Ron and Hermione blushed and glared.

Snape ignored the two little wizards, and continued to speak slowly:

"There will always be some troubles, or why they... will appear on the scene first."

Dumbledore looked calmly at the three cubs, mainly Harry's.

The trio scrambled to explain that they had been placed in detention by Professor Lockhart, writing back to fans.

Lockhart raised his head in a daze:
"Yeah, my fans are so passionate, so I need some help to help me deal with it."

In the end it was Dumbledore who made the decision:
"For the time being, let's put this matter to rest. Before finding out why Filch and his cat were petrified, I hope you can lead the students in your college to remain calm.

I am here to advise everyone to act collectively and avoid unnecessary going out and hanging out.

As for Mr. Filch. Don't worry about that, Mrs. Sprout got some mandrakes recently.

I have a drug that will bring them back once they are mature. "

Several professors nodded silently and left.

Zhang Xiao also wanted to leave with everyone, but Dumbledore stopped him. The two walked in the corridor. When they passed the place where they were petrified, Dumbledore asked softly:

"Zhang, I noticed that you were not busy discussing like everyone else at that time, but were observing carefully. This is a good habit.

So what do you find? "

Zhang Xiao shook his head. Now he has a lot of doubts. According to Harry's account, the basilisk should have done it, but without an intermediary, Filch and Mrs. Norris should have died a long time ago.

After thinking for a while, he said: "I noticed that Filch had his cleaning buckets under his feet, which were all used to clean the walls. I speculated that Filch should have discovered the writing on the wall.

That's why he brought tools to clean it up, but he was petrified before he could act. "

Dumbledore nodded and said approvingly:

"A reasonable guess."

He paused, and said meaningfully:

"Zhang, I hope that in the next time, if you find anything, don't act without authorization. This is different from last year's situation."

The meaning is very clear, this time he didn't design it, so he doesn't want the little wizards to take risks.

But it's useless to me, I won't jump off the basilisk foolishly, you have to talk to Harry about it.

After making complaints in his heart, Zhang Xiao also pointedly said:

"Principal, maybe this is a good opportunity, it is my proposal last year."

"Well, it is indeed a good opportunity."

"Then try?"

The next day, the explosive news spread throughout the school.

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