Hogwarts Ordnance Manual

Dudley wandered next to Ginny for a long time, until Philo, who was wearing a little devil's hat, came over and whispered: "Pretty~ I quite like Miss Weasley too!"

Dudley rolled his eyes and hurried back to the long table of Hufflepuff, but Philo didn't intend to "let go" him, but followed him and said: "Boss Dudley, I always thought you liked two people." Miss Granger!"

Dudley was stunned, glanced at him and said, "Ah? Do I have one?"

Philo raised his eyes and said with an expression that "I see through everything": "Isn't that right? Dudley's eyes are very gentle every time he looks at Miss Granger. I guess you often go to meet Gryffindor." Multiple teams play Quidditch just to attract Miss Granger's attention!"

"You know too much..." Dudley looked at his serious look, pursed his lips and said: "I can't keep in touch with my cousin, or inquire about military affairs, or compete for the Hufflepuff team. victory?"

Philo chuckled, gave Dudley another "I understand" look and said, "Then Dudley's desperate effort to lose weight can't be just to establish a relationship with Senior Potter, right?"

Dudley said nothing and silently gave Philo the middle finger.

At this moment, the entire castle heard Filch's screams. Dudley glanced at Ginny, who was unfazed, and rushed out with the crowd.

Sure enough, the original plot happened as usual. The Harry trio who came out of the death anniversary party did not rush back to the auditorium for a feast, but because Harry heard the basilisk's whisper, he followed the voice to the girls' bathroom door. Outside, a black cat was found hanging on a torch stand.

Filch, who believed that Mrs. Norris was killed, kept accusing Harry of being the one responsible for the murder, but Dumbledore believed that the black cat was just petrified and that Harry did not know the related spells.

Although the matter was suppressed by Dumbledore, many students' views on Harry still changed.

Ordinary students will always feel dissatisfied when they see a certain classmate being strongly protected by the principal and dean of the college. After all, there are countless students who are forced to work or locked up in solitary confinement by Filch all year round. Why? Is he safe?

What's more, many Slytherins believe that Harry always steals the limelight. Even though he is just a half-blood wizard, he is worshiped as a "hero" and "saint" by many people.So conspiracy theories began to be nurtured in small circles.

Dudley's attention was on the route of the basilisk. The basilisk should have been released by Ginny when he just returned to the castle, then petrified the passing black cat, and then went to the boys' bathroom to attack him. But he was frightened away for some reason.

He felt that it was not because of Biro. From the perspective of the basilisk as a beast, one more person was just one more bite of meat, but he still could not explain why he could not find any traces left by the basilisk.

Because of the strange petrification incident, the lower-grade students were required to report to the dormitory in advance, which made the children complain and slanderous words against Harry became more and more frequent.

Lying on the bed, Dudley still had no clue about the next tactic. It was not that he had not thought about waiting until Harry found the entrance to the secret room and then going in with him, but that would face two problems.

First, from now on, he will be frightened every step of the way. The basilisk will definitely attack him first when it comes out again. This situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the clear makes him quite unhappy;

Secondly, he was still not sure that it would develop exactly like the original plot. In the novel, it petrified several students, but in reality, if the basilisk tore an unlucky guy to pieces with its greedy mouth, Dudley would be very guilty. feel.

"What are you thinking about?" Biro approached Dudley and asked. They had become familiar with each other during this period. Although Biro was not handsome in appearance, he was well-read and had a wide range of knowledge.

"I was wondering how the pipes in the castle were trimmed." Dudley said casually.

"Ha, Mr. Cross should know best. He is the sewer maintenance man of the castle. You know, even in a magic castle, the sewers will be clogged..." Biro continued.

Dudley suddenly jumped out of bed, as if grasping at straws.

The next day, as soon as the dormitory door opened, he rushed out, and based on Biro's information, went to Hogsmeade to find Mr. Cross, the plumber.

Bee Duke hasn't opened yet. It must have been busy until midnight last night. The counters were basically empty. There were discarded candy wrappers and various stains everywhere on the floor, in the cracks, and under the tables. Before I had time to clean up, the store The boss and the waiters were fast asleep.

Dudley quietly slipped out and walked straight towards the outskirts of the village. Just like the candy store, the streets were full of colorful garbage left after the carnival. Several villagers were sweeping with wands and three times the number of brooms. .

It didn't take him much searching. He just asked passers-by and found Mr. Cross's home - a hut that was even more dilapidated than the Weasleys'.

The sleepy-eyed Mr. Cross opened the door. In front of him was a small stack of gold galleons, which was handed to him by a fat boy who looked like a student.

"Is the girls' bathroom at Hogwarts clogged again? I've told you before that it's not something plugging the toilet, it's a ghost living in there playing tricks..." Mr. Cross took out half a bottle of butterbeer and sipped it. mouth, while stuffing ten galleons into his butt pocket.

"It's not about the clogged toilet. I want to ask about the water supply pipeline in Hogwarts. Have you repaired it?" Dudley looked at the messy room, and could still faintly smell the rotten smell of some sewers. He did not close the door, but The choice was to talk right at the door.

"Water supply pipes?" Mr. Cross thought for a while and said: "There has never been a problem with the water supply pipes in Hogwarts. They are all buried deep inside the thick stone walls. The original builders used many wonderful buildings. The magic is still working today.”

"What kind of magic is it? What effect does it have?" Dudley broke the casserole and asked.

"Actually, I use it often now!" Mr. Cross said, spitting the beer directly on the floor of the living room.

For the sake of the gold coins, he knew everything, so in order to make Dudley understand, he took out a piece of water pipe as thick as a teacup, and then spent 5 minutes, found his wand, and pointed it at the water pipe. , read an unknown spell.

I saw that the water pipe suddenly seemed to be made of brown sugar. Wherever Mr. Cross pointed the wand, the water pipe there would inflate and become as thick as a bucket. The thickened part became transparent. Just like glass pipes.

"Well, look, as long as the magic energy that maintains the entire castle is there, how can it be blocked?" Mr. Cross explained.

Dudley suddenly understood and slapped his thigh hard: "I see, I understand everything!"