Chapter 179 Twelve Hours in Horburgh

Chapter 180 Twelve Hours in Hoburg

As more and more people came to the hall, panic began to spread. The attacker that everyone guessed was finally exposed, but this news obviously did not make them relax, but even more frightened.

The young wizards huddled together and spoke in low voices.

It seemed that this way they could draw a little pitiful sense of security from their companions.

Any slight movement could provoke their sensitive nerves, especially the words such as secret chamber, heir, and killing that came from Slytherin students.

It made those half-blood and Muggle-born young wizards tremble with their heads shrunken like quails, but the Slytherin students did not look good either.

Because whether Ginny was attacked or in the class that was just attacked, there were Slytherin students.

In particular, there were several supporters of the extreme pure-blood theory, which made the remaining extremists extremely annoyed.

We also support the purification of the school! Why are we attacked together?

This Slytherin heir who opened the secret chamber must be crazy!

It seemed spontaneous. Several people in the club gathered together and sat down against the wall. Everyone lowered their heads and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Qiu Zhang buried her head in her knees and sobbed softly - several of her friends happened to be on the list of those attacked. Hermione and Parkinson were by her side, comforting her in a low voice.

The remaining few people stared blankly at the professors counting and checking the number of people over and over again.

Harry and Ron were obviously very curious about the Chamber of Secrets, and they could even "put down their faces" to ask Malfoy.

Brother Zha leaned against the wall, his face a little ugly, but he still whispered:

"I don't know much, I just heard Dad talk about Slytherin occasionally. It seems to be 50 years ago.

He was not born yet, but Dad seemed to know everything.

He said that all this was kept secret. If I knew too much, it would be suspicious. And there is no benefit in knowing too much."

Several little wizards didn't dare to breathe, held their breath and listened carefully, staring at Malfoy eagerly, hoping that he would say something more.

Malfoy swallowed his saliva, looked around carefully, leaned forward slightly, and said in a voice that was almost whispered:

"But there is one thing I know: the last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a student died."

"A student died?" Cedric loosened his collar uneasily. Neville's round face was pale and he stammered:

"With Principal Dumbledore here, it should be okay, right?"

Harry nodded immediately. This brave little lion did not mean to be afraid. Perhaps he did not understand where the fear of these pure-blood families came from.

"With Dumbledore here, we will definitely be fine-by the way, what is the Chamber of Secrets?"

"The Chamber of Secrets is-" Two voices sounded at the same time. Zhang Xiao looked at Hermione who spoke with him and made a gesture of you said.

The little witch was obviously surprised, too. She stretched her furry head over, with a serious and earnest expression on her face, just like Professor McGonagall in class:

"I saw some legends when I was looking up information - it is said that Slytherin had a dispute with the other three founders.

Slytherin believed that Hogwarts should only recruit pure-blood students, but the other three founders disagreed -"

Malfoy made an incomprehensible mutter. If it were in the past, he would have raised his hands in favor of this proposal, but now forget it. He likes his current life very much.

There are friends, opponents, and great careers that he wants to accomplish.

Hermione glanced at Malfoy, and just like Professor McGonagall gave someone who dared to talk in her class, she looked at him sternly, and then continued:

"So Slytherin built a secret room and left a message - one day his heir will return to Hogwarts, open the secret room and release the monster, and eliminate the Muggles and half-blood wizards in the school!"

Several little wizards exclaimed in low voices, and Harry lowered his voice and said angrily:

"How could he do this? Is Slytherin crazy?"

Zhang Xiao added: "It's just a legend, and according to my understanding, Slytherin himself does not discriminate against Muggles, the rumor may be wrong-"

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiao suddenly remembered the letter Dumbledore gave last year, which mentioned the church, witch hunting and other related information.

There is also the Magg's happy spell "Stone Pillars Move Out" in the final battle that I saw in my previous life.

These huge stone pillars can only be said to be very effective against Death Eaters, but if you think about it from another angle

Replace the Death Eaters with the human soldiers of the cold weapon era that are everywhere in the mountains, mixed with the church that may have some magical powers.

Then the invulnerable and tall stone pillars, with the basilisk that will kill you on sight without worrying about accidentally injuring friendly forces.

Hogwarts will become a fortress that will never fall!

"Hiss!" Zhang Xiao couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, it seems - it seems - this is more reasonable?

So how could the four founders be so stupid to leave some useless stone pillars as the ultimate means of protection for Hogwarts.

So the rumor left by Slytherin should be "clear the Muggles and half-bloods that attack the school - Muggles refer to the soldiers of the human king, and half-bloods may refer to the church?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, because no matter what, Slytherin would not attack the students of the school, and his desire to protect the students was even stronger than Gryffindor.

"A History of Hogwarts" mentioned that one of the reasons why Slytherin left the school was that a dark wizard sneaked into the campus.

After killing a student, the angry Slytherin ignored Gryffindor's dissuasion and used the Killing Curse to kill the intruder.

Gryffindor, on the other hand, mistakenly caused the other two attackers to escape because he blocked his friend.

This almost broke off Slytherin's relationship with Gryffindor.

"Zhang, what's wrong? You don't look good?" Hermione was still waiting for Zhang Xiao to tell her something she didn't know.

Zhang Xiao shook his head: "It's nothing, I just figured out some things."

"boom!"

The door to the auditorium was slammed shut with a loud crash, and the hearts of all the little wizards jumped. They raised their heads in shock and watched Professor Flitwick cast a series of protections they had never seen before on the door. Spell.

Two exquisite thick doors immediately shine with colorful colors.

In the past, they might have cheered for Flitwick's superb magical skills, but at this moment, the young wizards just watched in silence.

Zhang Xiao took a deep breath, pulled Harry over and asked quietly:

"Where is your invisibility cloak?"

"What's wrong with the dormitory, the innermost part of the cabinet?"

Zhang Xiao did not answer, but gathered a few young wizards to surround them, blocking others' sight, and gently snapped his fingers (Note 1):

"Rain, Uncle Yun!"

A slight sound appeared, and the figures of two elves appeared in the circle surrounded by everyone, bowing respectfully towards Zhang Xiao:

"The most noble sir (young master), Uncle Yun (Yu Yu) is waiting for your orders."

It was the first time that the little wizards who saw Zhang Xiao summoning elves had their eyes lit up and couldn't help but admire him.

Summon the school elf! This is so handsome!

Ron said excitedly:

"Cool! Man, can you summon an elf just by snapping your fingers and calling your name?"

Zhang Xiao didn't bother to explain the reason to Ron. He glanced at the others who hadn't noticed and whispered:

"Uncle Yun, go to Harry's dormitory and get the invisibility cloak from the bottom of his luggage."

Uncle Yun bent down and said respectfully, "Yes!"

"Rainwater, go find the ghosts and tell them that I asked them to keep an eye on everyone who is still outside.

Attention! It’s everyone!

Then you find a safe place to hide and listen to see if there is any news from the ghosts. If so, let me know. "

"Yu Yu knows!" The young elf was obviously not as jumping-off as Yun Bo. It agreed cheerfully and disappeared as well.

Cedric, who had been watching from the side, asked:

"Zhang, do you want to go out? Why don't you let the elf take you out directly? Besides, it's very dangerous outside!"

Hermione said softly:

"Digory, I read in a book that Apparition is prohibited in schools, and Apparition is also prohibited."

In fact, that's not the reason. The real reason is that Hogwarts is too big, and the anti-Apparition spell cannot have such a wide range.

So the people who set up the Hogwarts defense system found another way.

That is to prohibit humans from appearing or leaving Hogwarts by apparating.

The crackling sound appeared again, and Uncle Yun appeared with a glossy gauze that was like flowing water in his hand, and handed it over respectfully.

Harry held down the invisibility cloak and said decisively:

"Zhang, I'll go with you!"

Hermione, Ron, Malfoy and Neville also showed expressions of excitement.

Others had worry written all over their faces.

"No, too many people will get in the way. I can just go by myself."

Everyone wanted to say something else, but Malfoy had already heard what Zhang Xiao meant - he was afraid that you would hold him back.

Malfoy waved his hand to stop what everyone wanted to say, looked at him with his light gray eyes, and asked seriously:

"Zhang, I believe you! We will stay here, but please tell us, is there anything we can do to help you here?"

Zhang Xiao took a deep breath and showed a faint smile:

"Protect yourself!"

"What about you?"

"I?"

Zhang Xiao put the invisibility cloak into the Qiankun bag and showed a faint smile:

"I'm going to try to end this chaos!"

In the corridor outside the school, Lockhart was wearing a pure black robe, sitting in the shadows of the corridor with a strange smile on his face.

With the diary in his pocket, Tom had the same smile on his face as Lockhart.

Soon, soon

It only takes one day.

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Note 1: Snapping your fingers is a necessary condition, similar to the ‘Confirm’ button. The summons will only take effect if you press the Confirm button. Otherwise, the elf’s name is an everyday expression, which is often easy to improve.