Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"At that time, it had only been a few years since the fall of Voldemort. People could not know that the dark wizards of the Crow Party had done such a big thing again, let alone that the Crow Party had cultivated a new Raven Dragon. The most important thing is that , people cannot know that officials of the Ministry of Magic, or even Aurors, actually betrayed the Ministry of Magic and became an accomplice of the Crow Party. Otherwise, this incident will immediately become another dark cloud after Voldemort and plunge everyone into despair again. .”

"Originally, according to the plan at that time, the matter was suppressed first, and then a second round of thorough investigation and cleaning was carried out within the Ministry of Magic. If the Crow Party really decided to come back and cause chaos, the matter would not be disclosed to everyone until then. It's not too late. However, unexpectedly, I don't know whether it was because the loss of the Crow Dragon devastated the Crow Party, or because the minister really cleared out most of the Crow Party's insiders at that time, so they decided to make a new plan. , in short, since then, the Crow Party has actually ceased to exist, so this matter has been suppressed until now and has never been announced."

Moon patiently listened to the overview of the whole thing. It wasn't until Gorov finished speaking that he asked: "What exactly is the Crow Dragon...?"

In fact, he thought of the monster that Professor Dumbledore took him to see in the pensieve, but he clearly remembered that Professor Dumbledore called that monster "Tide of Flesh" instead of "Raven Dragon" ".

"Raven Dragon..." Gorlov organized his words. "First of all, I have to tell you that the people of the Crow Party are all a group of complete lunatics. Of course, the other well-known secret societies of dark wizards are also similar. They just like to play around. The methods are just different. Among them, the people of the Crow Party are especially keen on creating monsters, all kinds of monsters, through various secret rituals and spells related to flesh and soul."

"Among the monsters they cultivated, the most well-known are the 'Tide of Flesh', 'Raven Dragon' and 'Naked Winged Monster'. In addition, there are actually some other random and bizarre things that don't even have names. But these three are the most terrifying, and their cultivation methods are also the bloodiest. Behind almost every one of them is thousands of lives, and the destructive power they possess is far more than that."

Moon nodded, secretly remembering these three names in his heart, but at the same time, he also thought of another thing.

If Eric Lee was really the one who betrayed the Ministry of Magic, betrayed the Aurors, and betrayed his own comrades, the one who betrayed intelligence and almost ruined the entire Auror Office...

And Ekel Weaving…

I'm afraid it will collapse in an instant.

Moon sighed softly and turned to look at Uncle Edgar. Two other doubts arose in his mind.

"Uncle Golov, I can understand that Minister Fudge knows about this. When two ministers take over, this kind of thing must be made clear. But according to what you said, I don't seem to find that Professor Dumbledore has appeared in it. He also How did you know the truth about this matter?"

"Because Minister Barnold would occasionally go to Professor Dumbledore to discuss countermeasures at that time, and under those circumstances, except for Scrimgeour, me, Edgar, and Dumbledore, Minister Barnold almost never I dare not trust anyone. Therefore, Minister Barnold took the initiative to come to me and Professor Dumbledore. The reason why he came to me... on the one hand, was because we had known each other for many years, and more importantly, because Edgar was Witness of the incident." Golov looked at Munn, probably guessing his question from Moon's still confused expression, so he took the initiative to continue: "Do you still want to ask, you still haven't thought clearly about it. Why did the party members kidnap Edgar?"

"Yeah." Moon responded simply.

"I don't know, or I haven't figured it out." Golov turned his head and looked at Edgar, who was in a coma on the hospital bed. "It obviously doesn't make sense out of revenge. They could just be torturing Edgar." After Degas, kill Edgar directly.”

"In fact..."

Under Moon's gaze, Golov stood up, walked slowly to the bedside, and stared at Edgar silently. It was not until a while later that he continued: "After knowing that it was a black wizard from the Crow Party, Later, for a moment, I even doubted whether Edgar... was hiding something at that time."

Moon also remained silent. He had just thought of this possibility, but he didn't really believe that Uncle Edgar would hide anything from Uncle Golov.Just like he never thought from the beginning that Uncle Edgar would do such a thing as defecting to the Ministry of Magic without telling his family.

"But it was only for a moment that I rejected it myself." Golov bent down, pulled the quilt from Edgar's chest, and then said with great certainty: "It is absolutely impossible for Edgar to hide this from me. Especially something as big as this.”

Looking at his uncle, whose face was already showing a bit of haggardness, Moon did not ask why, because it was obvious that there was no reason, just the most basic mutual trust between family members, nothing more.

He put the book on the window sill next to him and said softly: "Uncle Golov, you should also sleep for a while. It seems that mother and Aunt Nora will not be back for a while. I will call you when they arrive."

Golov raised his hand and rubbed his cheek, and then didn't say anything. He just nodded silently, waved his wand to unlock the door of the ward, and unlocked the spell that blocked Quaid's hearing, and then moved toward the other side. A bed passed by.

A few minutes later, slight snoring slowly began to sound in the ward.

Moon stood by the window, looking at the increasing traffic and pedestrians on the street outside, and couldn't help but press his eyebrows twice.

Previously, he thought that knowing the truth of what happened back then would be of great help to everything.But now that he knew what happened that year, everything became more complicated and confusing.Why on earth did those damn black wizards of the Crow Party kidnap Uncle Edgar...

Professor Dumbledore had already explained the matter between Professor Greengrass and Uncle Edgar in the letter he gave him at that time - when Uncle Edgar was conducting Auror training in the early years, Greengrass disappeared from the public. The professor is secretly serving as the training officer of the Auror Office. In theory, he should also be regarded as Uncle Edgar's teacher.It was precisely because of this that he was able to recognize Uncle Edgar so quickly.

Moreover, it was not actually Professor Greengrass who approached Uncle Edgar at that time, but Uncle Edgar who secretly hinted to Professor Greengrass first, and then Professor Greengrass followed Uncle Edgar and played three games. broom, and apparate away with him.According to the conversation between the two retold by Professor Greengrass, Uncle Edgar was on a mission related to werewolves. He first asked Professor Greengrass about Bert and Remus in detail, and then asked He asked Professor Greengrass to help pay attention to the traces of strange werewolves near Hogwarts, and left in a hurry after saying that.

In other words, Uncle Edgar's mission has nothing to do with the dark wizards of the Crow Party...

It's not a simple quest for revenge, and it has nothing to do with Uncle Edgar's mission...

etc--

Moon's hand, which was resting on the window sill and tapping the cover of the book, suddenly paused.

He suddenly remembered something, and this thing seemed to vaguely involve all of this in one place.

A few seconds later, the rhythmic knocking sound started again, but Moon's expression changed from confused to thoughtful.

It’s not too early to draw a conclusion, but at present, this is likely to be the case...

Chapter 80 Mr. and Mrs. Rich’s speakeasy

Sure enough, just as Moon and Golov had guessed before, it took a while for Nora and the others to return to the ward. By the time they came in with food, almost an hour had passed since Golov fell asleep. Dedu had already woken up from his sleep in a daze.

After waking up Golov, the family had breakfast together. Hesper, who had not slept all night last night, began to feel sleepy after eating, and soon fell asleep quietly leaning on the chair.

Aunt Nora carried Hesper to the empty hospital bed next to him. Golov looked at Moon and then at Quaid. After thinking about it, he still said to Quaid: "Quaid, wait for Hesper later." Po is awake, you two come home with me. In the next few days, you will help take care of your younger brothers and sisters at home, and we will also take turns going home."

Quaid is well aware of this, and he also knows very well that Hesper and him will not be able to help at all here, but will rather "delay things."So instead of staying here all the time, it's better to go home and help out as much as possible.

What's more, just in the short few hours from early morning to now, watching Uncle Edgar, who used to run wild everywhere, lying on the hospital bed withered, was already uncomfortable enough for him.

After Golov finished arranging Quaid and Hesper's affairs and returned to the chair to sit down, Moon suddenly walked up to Uncle Golov and whispered: "Uncle, I want to go to Peking University." The people at the material shop may find something out of where Uncle Edgar is."

Golov glanced at Munn in surprise. After thinking about it, he nodded slightly, "How do you plan to go?"

"My mother and I will leave first and ask her to take me to the leather shop. It won't take us long to come back. You can take Hesper and Quaid home after my mother and I come back."

"Okay, then you can just go and talk to An. I'll stay here and watch."

Moon responded, walked to An's side, and repeated what he had just talked to Golov.

An did not agree quickly, but hesitated for a moment, probably because she still felt there was some danger there.However, after a moment of hesitation, she still did not choose to refuse, but agreed to Munn's request, "Okay, do you want to leave now?"

"It's better to go earlier." Moon said decisively, "That way we can leave early and come back early."

The mother and son got up and walked out of the ward. Nora was still a little curious, but seeing that Gorov didn't speak, she had an idea in her mind and watched them leave the room.

Because Moon deliberately didn't wear a robe when he left school last night, and An had already changed his clothes when he left the ward in the morning, the mother and son looked no different from other Muggles on the street, and naturally they would not attract anyone's attention.Under An's leadership, the two of them took a few turns and quickly turned into a deserted alley.A few seconds later, two noises came from the alley, which startled the wild cat hiding behind the trash can. He quickly poked his head out to see - but there was no one in the alley.

…………

In the area near the border between Somerset and Dorset counties, there is a small area with relatively gentle terrain and surrounded by trees.

This place is inaccessible, but it has still been cast a Muggle expulsion spell to prevent some hot-headed adventurers from having to cross the jungle to explore.Because there is a small shop located in this natural "fence" surrounded by trees.On the one hand, this small shop sells drinks to passing wizards and provides them with a place to stay. On the other hand, it is also a part of the Shafiq family's intelligence line.The people who found Edgar last night were the owners here, an old couple named Rich.

An took Munn and apparated directly to the basement of the shop. Then he raised his hand and shook the red rope hanging in the basement. "There is a black cloak in the box over there. Golov specially asked that every place be We keep several different sizes in stock, so you should be able to find a cloak that fits you in there. Take two out and we both have to change into them before we go out."

Moon responded, went to the box in the corner, took out two cloaks, and put them on over his clothes with An.

After the two of them were ready, a few seconds later, there was a faint sound of creaking footsteps on the ceiling of the basement. Then, suddenly a piece of floor fell down and turned into a trap door with a young man on it. He looked down from the trap door twice and quickly lowered the ladder.

After the trap door opened, noisy sounds of drinking and card playing came from above. An lowered her voice and said to Moon: "That is the child adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Rich, John Rich, who has just been adopted from Huolin." Gwartz graduated just a few years ago."

Climbing up the ladder into the tavern, Moon looked around and found that apart from a small door leading to the tavern and a staircase going up, there were only oak barrels piled under the stairs. There is nothing else.

"Mr. Rich is entertaining guests in front. He will be here shortly. I will go and replace him first." John Rich bowed to the two of them, then wiped his hands on the rag he brought with him and opened the small door. He got out and didn't forget to close the door again when he left.

About 2 minutes later, a little old man with gray hair and a big nose walked in.He looked to be at least sixty years old, and his cheeks had an abnormally rosy look that was obviously caused by drinking a lot of wine. When he came in, he did not forget to shout loudly with the smell of alcohol: "Ha! Gross! Seven Galleons! I finally got some back! Don’t forget! Seven Galleons!”

After shouting this, he closed the small door. When he turned back, the excitement of winning the card was gone.

"Excuse me... ah, this is probably Young Master Moon? It seems that there is no need to ask. The person who brought Young Master Moon here must be Mrs. Fox." Mr. Rishi bowed and said with a smile: " I haven’t seen Master Moon for almost ten years, and every time I can only look at the photos, I didn’t expect to see him in person today.”

Moon returned the salute, and An Ye nodded lightly and said, "It's me, Mr. Rishi. I came here to ask you to take us to the place where you and your wife found my brother last night."

"No problem, please come with me." Mr. Rishi led the two of them up the creaking wooden stairs. When they reached the top, opened another door, and saw what it looked like above, Moon But he was stunned - he originally thought that the place leading up the stairs was probably Mr. and Mrs. Rich's bedroom or something like that. After all, most pubs of this type have a similar layout.

As it turned out, the upstairs was actually a place similar to an ordinary living room, with several long tables, a large bookshelf, and even a table at the door specifically for various newspapers and magazines.At this moment, there were several wizards in cloaks sitting around the table with their legs crossed, drinking tea and reading books and newspapers.An old witch who also had a lot of white hair was sitting at a small round table slowly knitting a scarf, while using her wand to control the teapot on the long table to float back and forth, or fly to the stove to heat it, or give it a drink. The person who finished the tea filled the cup.

"I'm going out." Mr. Rishi walked to the small round table, picked up a hat and put it on his head. "These two guests have encountered a little trouble and need to be solved."

The old witch - probably Mrs. Richie didn't say a word, just nodded.

In this way, An and Moon followed Mr. Rishi and walked out of the door of the tea room upstairs. Only then did they finally come outside and see the sunshine.

"It turns out that the tavern itself is also underground, and there is only a tea room on the ground." Moon said softly: "What is the purpose of setting it up like this?"

"Some people come to us just to rest, sit for a while, or seek some help, such as accidentally splitting when apparating, or a broomstick suddenly breaks down halfway. But some guests They came to our place to drink and have fun, and to see if they could find someone to do some... less visible transactions. These two types of guests were not suitable to be arranged together, so they were deliberately divided into two sides. You drink tea while others drink." Mr. Rishi answered truthfully, and then he suddenly realized what Moon's real problem was.

"Ah... don't worry, although there is no Shafiq family as a backer on the surface, in fact, our own connections are enough here." After saying this, Mr. Rishi smiled and said, "Both of you, The 'Gross' you should have heard me calling just now is the powerful employee of the Key Office of the Magic Department, and we have many guests like him or even more powerful than him."

"I see." Moon nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "So you just brought us out directly..."

Mr. Lixi shook his head slightly, but did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at An first. After An nodded, he said frankly: "That's it, Master Moon, the reason why I brought you two out like this is not because The customers downstairs, but because we often have such needs here. You see, the shady transactions of wizards are not very peaceful. After two people quarrel, they usually will not go directly to our store If they start a fight inside, they will arrange to go outside for a life-and-death duel. But there are also some people who do not want to have a life-and-death duel directly, but just want to make the other party agree to some of their demands through duel. Therefore, in this kind of situation, When the situation arises, they will seek my help and ask me to serve as a witness.”

"So like today, it is actually a common thing for regular guests that I go out with two people wearing cloaks and covering up tightly."

Munn was stunned when he heard this and became speechless for a moment.

How can I put it, he is really ignorant. This kind of thing where he can ask the boss to witness a duel while talking about business in a tavern, and use a duel to negotiate terms is really...

It was beyond his imagination.

But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be out of place for a wizard.At least among the people he knew, from Sirius to Uncle Edgar, they would probably never resist such a thing.

Maybe you’ll find it fun?

Outrageous wizards.

None of the three of them said anything else during the rest of the journey. The place where the Riches found Edgar was not too far away, just not far after leaving the woods, on the bank of a small river.So within a short while, the three of them had arrived at the place.

After ensuring that no one was following him, Mr. Rishi said: "This is right here, Mrs. Fox and Young Master Moon. If you want to know the specific location, it's right here."

He took out his wand and waved it lightly, spraying out a small piece of light mist. After the light mist fell to the ground, it began to spontaneously gather towards the densely packed stones on the river bank. It did not stop until it circled a small, almost human-shaped shape. Move down.

Moon responded, then glanced around twice, roughly sketching the scene here in his mind, and then nodded to An, indicating that he was done.

Anben wasn't quite sure what Munn wanted to find here, but now that Munn only glanced twice and announced the end, it felt even more strange for a moment.She told Mr. Rishi to go back first, and after Mr. Rishi left, she asked Munn doubtfully, "Moon, did you find anything?"

"Not sure yet." Moon smiled bitterly and shook his head, taking out the crystal ball and brazier from the velvet bag on his waist. "You have to take a look to find out. If it doesn't work, then I'm afraid there will be a big problem."

He glanced at the direction Mr. Rishi left, then waved his hand to light the brazier and pressed his hand on the crystal ball.

An looked at her son with curiosity and then at the crystal ball. She was half puzzled and half proud - she had known for a long time that Munn could cast spells without a wand and silently. She has known about the prophecy talent for a long time, but this spell is indeed the first time she has seen Munn use it.

To be honest, the one who lit the brazier and kneaded the crystal ball didn't look like a serious prophecy by wizards, but more like a group of Muggle liars.

An pursed her lips and didn't say anything to disturb Munn. She just watched quietly as Munn tinkered with the crystal ball.

"Listen to my request and show me a vision of the past—"

After a moment, Moon recited a spell, and layers of mist began to rise in the crystal ball. Then, in An's surprised eyes, Edgar's figure with his head and arms lowered appeared in the crystal ball. .

"Moon, is this...?"

"This is the scene when Uncle Edgar was abandoned here." Moon didn't dare to look away as he answered, but his eyes were still fixed on the scene revealed in the crystal ball.An Ye knew that now was definitely not the time to ask questions, so he also looked at the scene in the crystal ball seriously.

Since his hands and head were hanging downward, it obviously proved that Edgar was not lying on the ground at that time. Sure enough, after the two looked at each other for a while, Moon's eyes could be felt from the perspective of the crystal ball. The demand gradually increased, and Edgar's overall situation was revealed - he was lying on a broomstick.

"Transferred here using a broomstick?" Moon frowned immediately, and An was puzzled, because this was simply nonsense. Even late at night, if you wanted to take a person from two nearby counties on a broomstick, Flying around the coastline also means that they have to cross an entire county. How could no one notice?

The broomstick carrying Edgar did not move, but floated quietly in place. The Crow Party wizard wearing a black feather pattern cloak and mask above did not know whether he was waiting for someone or what he was doing. After staying in place for nearly 2 minutes, he finally controlled the broom to fall downwards.When he almost reached the ground, he threw Edgar onto a pile of stones on the river bank, then turned his broomstick and flew towards the north.

Moon watched patiently for a while, but nothing happened after that - until the Riches came here and found Edgar.

The scene in the crystal ball stopped abruptly. Moon extinguished the slowly burning flame in the brazier and started to think about it while packing his things.

"Not far to the south is Dorset County. Golov and Nora said that the people from the Order of the Phoenix first found traces of this group of Crows in Cornwall, but they failed and only found one missing person. but last night they encountered a group of Crow Party dark wizards in Devon County and were ambushed. There were quite a few people on the other side, and there were even senior members of the Crow Party, so it should have been a deliberate ambush, but it was not necessarily aimed at the Phoenix. Society, otherwise they would not arrange for just one high-level person to go there." An said softly, "Our people found an empty cave with no one in Somerset County. In just a few days, if this person left Edgar behind, If the black wizards of the Crow Party are going south to reach their stronghold in Dorset, that means..."

"They have set up four strongholds in the four adjacent counties." An pursed her lips, feeling a little lost for a moment.

She didn't know that much about the Crow Party, but she wasn't completely ignorant. At least she knew roughly which counties the Crow Party had been active in all year round.And that does not include these counties.

Moon pondered and said nothing. After a long while, he finally took a deep breath and said slowly: "We can only wait until those Crow Party members come to St. Mungo's again. In short, if my guess is right, by then, There will be trouble. Before that, mom, you have to take me to Mr. Rishi again. I have something to ask of the couple."

"Okay." An agreed, raising his hand for Moon to grab his wrist, and then he disapparated again and took him to the basement of Mr. and Mrs. Rich's tavern.

After An and Moon left, and a long time passed, a stone on the water bank suddenly moved, then spread its claws, and in the blink of an eye it transformed from an inconspicuous pebble into a stone with crab claws and a lizard tail. The curious hard-shelled toad.

The toad stared motionlessly in the direction An and Moon left for one second, two seconds, three seconds... until five seconds later, it suddenly spontaneously ignited inexplicably and quickly burned into a pile of ashes. They were all blown away by the wind.

Chapter 81 Two days and nights

The moon and stars are sparse, and the black magpie...

There were no birds flying south, only strange black birds squatting on the tree branches, staring coldly at the brightly lit shop in front of them with their big eyes.At first glance, they seem to be just ordinary crows, but if you look closely, you will find that each of their wings that are closed to cover the entire body seems to have a faint metallic color under each feather, and their eyes They are not ordinary crow eyes, but are glowing with a very deep dark red.

What's even more exaggerated is that the claws of these birds are not claws, but straight blades - they are not using their claws to grasp trees to fix their bodies, but nailing them to the branches of trees with knives.

If there is a well-informed wizard here, he can recognize it at a glance. This is also the signature creation of the Crow Party.Although they are also called crows, these monsters used by the Crow Party as one of their eyes and ears are much more powerful than ordinary crows.

As in the past, this small shop was quiet. If you didn't step inside, it would be hard to imagine that it was much busier than an ordinary bar.

"Are we really going to take action?" On the river bank, a woman wearing a black robe with feather patterns from the Crow Party asked in a low voice: "They have misjudged that we are going to attack St. Mungo's. That boy from the Shafiq family is weird. The spell did not reveal Pirran's figure. If we attack here again, unless we don't let anyone alive, otherwise...will the chaos be too big?"

"Besides, even if we kill them all, I'm afraid it's still very dangerous. The Ministry of Magic is now targeting us, and Dumbledore's old immortal Order of the Phoenix also knows that we kidnapped Edgar Shafik, and now we will This small shop was razed to the ground, and they definitely know that it was us who did it. If these two parties jump to the wall in a hurry, it will be very detrimental to our follow-up plans."

Standing next to the woman, a tall man in a black robe with feather patterns was holding a long pipe in his mouth. He didn't even bother to turn his head, he just stared at the water and said coldly: "I said do it, all you have to do is Take your men and take action together instead of asking questions here. If you keep talking, I will send you to see your father. Now, do you have any questions? "

The woman lowered her head and shook her head silently.

"Then go ahead and burn the place to the ground, leaving no one alive, and then write a letter to Cornelius Fudge and tell him that the owner of this shop picked up Edgar Shafiq's That couple is from Golov Shafiq, and...you're welcome." The man took off his long pipe and silently exhaled a puff of black smoke.

The woman didn't respond, and turned around neatly and left the river bank, presumably to deliver a message.

Ten minutes later, several jet-black flames quietly fell on the wall of Mr. and Mrs. Rich's shop. Under the silent gaze of the crows, the flames burned brighter and hotter, but strangely did not emit any sound. The sound - there is no "crack-pop-" sound like when a normal flame is burning, and there is not even the breaking and falling sound of wood being charred and cracked.The hut just continued to become scorched black as the fire spread, becoming like a huge piece of dirty carbon.