Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Harry also wanted to ask Dumbledore about Professor Lupine, when Barty Crouch said seriously, "Minister, Dumbledore, there shouldn't be anything else to know here. We should hurry Back, I'd like to see Petit Peter and Sirius Black. I'd recommend Veritaserum if necessary."

"Veritaserum?" Fudge said in surprise. "Are you crazy, Barty?! It's illegal, you know..."

Fudge said a few more words, and the five quickly left the ward.

From the expressions on their faces, it can be seen that the overturning of Blake's sentence and the retrial of Peter Pettigrew are definitely a disaster for the Ministry of Magic and the Wizengamot. Fix it all before.

After this, Ivan, Harry, and Hermione discussed for a while and what happened last night. With Dumbledore around, they were not too worried about Black's success in proving his innocence.But Professor Lu Ping's resignation is very disturbing.

"I can't believe that Professor Lupine would resign!" Harry said worriedly, "We have done so much to prove his innocence."

"If he's determined to resign, we can't seem to help much..."

"I can't help you?!" Ai Wen moved his heart, raised his head and continued, "I have an idea. After Professor Lupine leaves, he will definitely not be able to find a new job. No one will be willing to hire a werewolf, even if he Harmless, but I can invite him to run the day-to-day operations of the Hogwarts Newspaper."

Seeing the surprised expressions of Harry and Hermione, the more Ivan thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was feasible.Professor Lupine's identity as a werewolf has been made public. He is destined not to continue teaching at Hogwarts, but unlike in the original book, where he wanders around again, he can hire him.

After more than a year of development, "Hogwarts Wizardry" has the conditions to further increase sales, expand business scope, and promote outside the school.

Don't worry news sources, almost all the ghosts in the UK are now providing news to the "Hogwarts Wizardry", and they are proud to have their articles published in the newspaper.Many of the news they provide are things outside the school.

Aiwen has long wanted to expand his business, but the only problem is that he doesn't have that much energy.

Whether it's me, Hermione, Fred, George, Harry, Ginny, etc., all the management staff of "Hogwarts Wizardry" are students, and it is impossible to run out of the campus casually, and neither does Dobby the house-elf. Good at management, which limits the audience of the newspaper to only young wizards in school.

Before that, even though he had a lot of influential news, Ivan had to cooperate with the "Daily Prophet".

Ivan is not at ease if he hires other wizards to be responsible for the distribution and operation of off-campus newspapers, but Professor Lupine can perfectly solve this problem.

Ivan is going to use the news incident of Black and Peter Pettigrew as an opportunity to open up the off-campus market. He plans to rent a house in Diagon Alley as the headquarters of the newspaper, gradually expand the sales of the newspaper, and become a newspaper like the Daily Prophet. level of newspapers.

After experiencing a series of incidents, Aiwen has fully realized the importance of public opinion.It is absolutely crucial that the Hogwarts Newspaper grows.

In addition, Ivan is also going to discuss with Sirius Black, and it would be even better if he is willing to come.But judging from what Fudge said just now, he seemed to want Black to be an Auror.

Just when Ivan was about to write a letter to Black, Professor Lupine returned to Hogwarts. He looked even more haggard, but he was in good spirits.

Chapter 185 Hire Lupine

Professor Lupine was dusty all over his body, dust was everywhere on his shabby robe, he looked thinner than the previous few days, there were deep shadows under his eyes, but his face was full of smiles.

Seeing Lupine, Ivan, Harry, and Hermione got up from the hospital bed at once, and shouted with joy, "Professor!"

"Good afternoon, Harry; good afternoon, Ivan; good afternoon, Hermione!" Lupine said with a smile.

"Professor, I heard Hagrid said yesterday that they imprisoned you in Azkaban, did those monsters do anything to you?" Harry asked eagerly.

"I'm fine, Harry!" Lupine glanced over Harry, Ivan, and Hermione one by one, "Actually, I would like to thank you three, thanks to your hard work, I was able to move so quickly." Come out."

"You were innocent in the first place. Ron was only controlled by Peter Pettigrew, so he would accuse you."

"Peter Pettigrew!" repeated Lupine, with a flash of regret on his face. He closed his eyes slowly, then opened them again, and said gloomily, "I met Sirius at the Ministry of Magic. He and Dumbledore Lido told me everything, I shouldn't have doubted him back then, I actually thought he betrayed James and Lily..."

When Harry's parents were mentioned, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a little heavy.

"Professor, I successfully summoned my Patronus last night, which is a stag!" Harry said in a low voice after a long time.

"When your father transforms, he always turns into a stag." Lupine smiled again. "You guessed right, Harry, that's why we call him Prongs."

"But there was a Patronus, and it was a doe."

"Doe?!" Lupine froze for a moment, as if he hadn't reacted.

"The doe, I mean, could he be my mother..."

"Lily's Patronus is indeed a doe." Lupine looked at Harry worriedly. "I told you once that the shape of a Patronus varies from person to person, and it has something to do with the personality and inner world of the wizard. You know, The patron saint is not always the same, it will change when it suffers a big blow and a big emotional change."

"what do you mean?"

"Harry, that Patronus you saw couldn't have been Lily," Lupine continued. "I don't know who summoned it, but that person must have been related to Lily. Otherwise, his Patronus couldn't have been Lily." Doe!"

In fact, hearing Harry's description of the doe Patronus, Lupine thought of Snape, and maybe that was his Patronus.Lupine more or less knew something about Lily and Snape. Before they came to Hogwarts to study, they came from the same place. Lily and Snape were very good, but later...

Lupine hesitated, but finally said nothing.

In his opinion, there were some things that weren't right for Harry to know.

Besides, he didn't have that qualification.What happened to James and Lily back then should let Sirius Black say that he is Harry's godfather.

Harry, who was bowing his head in thought, didn't notice Lupine's strange reaction. He looked confused and tried hard to think, who could be the person related to his mother?

Snape was the only one here, could it be him?

Harry knew that he had a bad relationship with his father when he was a student, just like himself and Malfoy, they didn't like each other.

Judging from the information learned later, Snape hated his father.

As for the relationship between Snape and his mother, Harry didn't know, in his opinion, the two of them should have no intersection at all.

Now it seems that this is not the case.

But even if Snape summoned the Patronus, Ivan didn't expect him to be fair and kind to him.In the first year, Snape had saved himself, but his attitude towards himself became worse after that.Dumbledore once said that it was because he felt that this would make him even with his father, and no one owed anyone, and then he could relive his hatred of his father with peace of mind.

Harry didn't delve into it at the time, but thinking about it now, he felt something was wrong. The relationship between Snape and his parents seemed very complicated.

He tried to think about it, but it made his head ache so badly that he couldn't think about it.

Harry looked up and heard Hermione say worriedly, "Professor, is Sirius okay? When will he be back?"

"He is currently in good condition, but he will have to wait for a while to see you." Lupine said, "The Wizengamot has initiated a special trial procedure and should make a final judgment before Christmas. Now that Peter has been captured , and Dumbledore is here, you don't have to worry about him at all."

"What about you, Professor?!" Harry asked, "I just heard from Dumbledore that you have resigned. You didn't do that, did you?"

"I'm afraid I did, Harry!"

"Why, you obviously didn't attack Ron?"

"It has nothing to do with whether I attacked Ron or not. You should have seen it in the past two days. Parents of students don't want to have werewolves teach their children. I think they are right. I may bite any of you ...this must never happen again."

"Don't go, professor! You are the best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who has ever taught us!" Harry shouted loudly, and Ivan and Hermione also hurriedly agreed.

Lupine shook his head and said nothing.

Just when Harry was thinking of a reason to let him stay, Lupine continued, "Harry, Ivan, Hermione, the days of teaching at Hogwarts were happy times that I will never forget in my life. If If there's anything I'm proud of, it's you, you three are some of the best students I've ever taught."

"professor!"

"Okay, it's getting late, I should go back and pack my luggage." Professor Lupine wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand.

"Wait a minute, Professor!" Ivan hurriedly stopped Lupine, "What are your plans after you leave Hogwarts?"

"Probably continue to look for the next job." Lupine had a wry smile on his face, "Don't worry about me."

Lupine was full of bitterness in his heart. As a werewolf, no one would be willing to hire him except Dumbledore.

He didn't know where he should go. After Sirius cleared his grievances, maybe he could move in and live with him for a while, and then figure out a way.

Lupine didn't say it. There is no need to tell Ivan, Harry, and Hermione about these things.

"Professor, you know that I have published a "Hogwarts Wizarding Newspaper". I plan to expand the sales scope of this newspaper to all wizards in the wizarding world, and change it to one issue per day." Ivan looked expectantly. Lupine, "But I don't have enough time. If you can, I would like you to help me manage it."

Ai Wen spoke out his thoughts in detail, and Lupine seemed to be stunned. He was silent for a long time before asking in disbelief, "Are you going to hire me?"

"That's right!" Evan nodded.

"Managing a newspaper?" Lupine continued.

"Yes." Ivan nodded again, smiling.

Seeing Lupine's reaction, Harry and Hermione on the side also laughed. If Ivan hired Lupine, they would still be able to see him often in the future.

"Yes, Professor!" said Harry and Hermione in unison.

"But, I don't have any relevant experience before?" Lupine hesitated.

"I believe you, Professor, will do the job."

Chapter 186 The Influence of Continuous Fermentation

As Christmas approaches, the festive atmosphere in the castle is getting stronger and stronger.

Maybe it's because the incident of Sirius Black was solved perfectly, maybe it's because the dementors who have been stationed outside the castle have finally left, this year Hogwarts has a particularly strong Christmas atmosphere, and people's faces are filled with happy smiles.

In the auditorium, Hagrid specially selected twelve huge Christmas trees, and Professor Flitwick used magic to hang small candles and shining stars on them.

The stars twinkled, changing from silver to gold from time to time, and looked spectacular.

Elsewhere in the castle, the customary splendor of Christmas decorations was done, thick friezes of holly and mistletoe were hung along the corridors, mysterious lights shone from within every suit of armor, and everywhere Full of intense and alluring culinary aromas.

It's a pity that Ivan, Harry, and Hermione couldn't go and see for themselves.

Madam Pomfrey insisted that the three of them not leave, they stayed in the ward, listening to the people who came to visit them tell about the great changes in the castle.

With the exception of Snape, everyone who had stayed at Hogwarts for the holidays had come to see them, Lupine and Hagrid almost every day.

Even Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had come and brought an update on Ron.Ron recovered very well, and after the Christmas holidays, he will be able to return to Hogwarts.

The only regret is that I have never seen Sirius Black.

However, the news about him has never stopped. In fact, there is almost an uproar outside.

At the beginning of the Christmas holidays, people still accused the Ministry of Magic of not doing anything about Sirius Black and the werewolf incident, and accused Dumbledore of hiring a werewolf to become a school professor.The roaring messages of the parents of the Slytherin students flew towards Hogwarts continuously, and the entire castle echoed loudly.

On the third day of the holiday, things started to reverse.

There is still an endless stream of owls, this time it is no longer howler letters, but all letters from readers.The owls flew into the ward one after another, landing on Ivan, Harry, and Hermione, and the letters almost filled the entire ward.

Madam Pomfrey had to use expulsion magic to prevent the owl from flying in.

The main reason for this phenomenon was a statement from the Ministry of Magic, which Fudge released shortly after leaving the school hospital.

From the statement, it was known that the Ministry of Magic had finally captured Sirius Black.

But things turned out completely different from what they had imagined at first. Blake was actually innocent, and the culprit was a guy named Peter Pettigrew.

This news, like throwing a boulder onto the calm water, instantly detonated the entire magic world, mobilizing everyone's interest.

The identity of Peter Pettigrew, the truth of the incident that year, the arrest process at Hogwarts, etc., have become the hottest topics nowadays, and the entire magic world is full of discussions.

After a brief shock, people began to explore the details of the incident.

But the Ministry of Magic's statement was too brief, and even the all-knowing "Daily Prophet" rarely had any news.

This huge event that shocked everyone happened so suddenly.

Peter Pettigrew has successfully replaced Black as the most evil dark wizard under Voldemort.But people are surprised to find that no one knows exactly what he did, what conspiracy he planned, and how he was caught in the end.

It was all a mystery, and within a few hours of the Ministry of Magic's announcement, rumors were flying around the wizarding world, gossip was flying everywhere, and gossip was everywhere.

The names of Voldemort, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Harry Potter, Ivan Mason, etc., once became popular words.Just walk around Diagon Alley to hear everyone talking about it.

Some people say that this has something to do with the truth about Voldemort's failure; others say that they saw Lucius Malfoy walking out of Fudge's office with a pale face...

After a short period of calm, there was a strong outburst.

Just when the wizards couldn't wait and were about to gather spontaneously and demand the Ministry of Magic to disclose the truth of the incident, the latest issue of "Hogwarts Wizardry" was published.

The wizards who subscribed to this newspaper were delighted to find that this little-known campus tabloid actually had detailed reports on the hottest topics in the current magic world.

Moreover, all are first-hand news!

The whole incident, the unknown truth between Sirius Black and Pettigrew Peter, the capture process written by the little wizard Ivan Mason who personally captured Pettigrew Peter, etc., are all exclusive reports.

Once spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and hundreds to thousands, the sales of "Hogwarts Wizardry" soared.Orders came like snowflakes, and people couldn't wait to know the truth. Although Aiwen and Lupine made full preparations, they still printed more than 1 copies in the end.

With this news and subsequent reports, the circulation of the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" surpassed the "Daily Prophet" in one fell swoop, becoming the largest-selling newspaper in the wizarding world.

Under such circumstances, Mr. Gu Fei, the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet", who was about to die, wrote dozens of letters to Ai Wen, requesting to purchase the reprint rights of these reports.

Based on the pleasant cooperation experience in the past and the fact that the other party gave a very considerable amount of Galleons, Ivan agreed to let the "Daily Prophet" reprint these reports.

However, in terms of time, it is one day later than "Hogwarts Wizardry News".

Just one day may seem short, but it is completely enough.

Because there are too many things to report about Sirius Black and Pettigrew Peter, Ivan did not disclose all of them at once. Willing to wait.

The sales volume of "Hogwarts Wizarding News" is getting bigger and bigger. The wizards who bought the newspaper found that in addition to the content related to Sirius Black and Pettigrew, other articles in the newspaper were also very attractive, with very unique viewpoints, and almost All are exclusive reports.

It is not known who spread the news about the employment of ghosts as special reporters by the "Hogwarts Wizarding Newspaper". People are more and more interested in this newspaper.

Now, in the entire British wizarding world, especially in the London area, as the influence of the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" continues to ferment, the newspaper's increased sales have gradually stabilized, and it has been able to compete with the "Daily Prophet" and gradually become a mainstream newspaper. one.

In other European countries and remote areas, the "Daily Prophet" continued to spread the truth of the incident by virtue of its channel advantages.