[Comprehensive] Those years when I memorized the Analects of Confucius

Kong Yun's attention did not stay on this question for too long, and soon he withdrew his wandering thoughts, and turned to seriously think about the current problem.

It is of course a good thing to protect and help underage Muggle wizards integrate into the British wizarding world, but the exchange of benefits hidden in it is also very obvious: the sponsor gets money, the gratitude of the funded and the benefits brought by their own potential The future of wireless possibilities.Grantees get a good growth environment and learning resources, but also owe immeasurable favors.

If it is said that Hogwarts is doing its best to prevent graduates from being used by certain forces and becoming tools and pawns of individuals or forces, then the method proposed by Draco at this time is more like an ambition. Homes provide a platform for training manpower.

This is indeed a good way, but its drawbacks are equally dangerous.

He pressed his forehead, and following this action in thinking, his eyes subconsciously shifted to the person opposite him.

After euphemistically putting forward his own ideas, even though his eyes flickered slightly, the young man did not intend to escape. His calm eyes were calm and frank, as if he was just simple. He put forward his own views, and then quietly and patiently Waiting for another person's opinion as well.

His eyes swept past the other party's fingertips that seemed to be casually resting on the handle of the sofa, and the black-haired Hufflepuff blinked.

He's... nervous?

It's not that this kind of emotion is rare for the other party, but, since the two of them grew older, Draco seemed to be a calm, reliable, and unhurried image in everyone's eyes, as if no matter what Whatever happens is under his control.

This made Kong Yun feel a little bit novel, and even felt a little untimely cunning in his heart——

The black-haired Hufflepuff sat up straight, looking straight at each other with a pair of clear eyes, his naturally curved lips were slightly pursed, and the quietness revealed a clear seriousness, not like a joke .

"What if I say no?"

Originally, it was just on a whim, wanting to see the other party's hope failed and hesitant look, but he didn't want to hear Draco say without hesitation: "Then think of other ways .”

……Um?

He answered crisply, as if he had no hesitation at all, or turned to persuade himself, it was not like asking for opinions, but seeking a permission. He said no, and he gave up this promising future plan. To choose other paths that you can't even see the direction at the moment.

He behaved so frankly, which made Kong Yun feel a little embarrassed.

"I was just joking..." The black-haired Hufflepuff smiled, and said in a relaxed tone: "Actually, I think this idea...is pretty good? It's also relatively feasible, given the current situation in the magic world. In terms of the situation, it's actually a good choice." He paused, and said half-jokingly: "You should be a little confident in your plan anyway, right?"

He deliberately wanted to ease the overly tense atmosphere, but the other party didn't mean to breathe a sigh of relief because of his joke.Draco stared at him fixedly, and said lightly, "I'm serious."

His tone was understated, as if what happened just now was just an illusion of Kong Yun, but when Kong Yun lowered his eyes and looked over at this moment, what he met was those calm and sober eyes, which could not be changed. Reason, can't be more clearly earnest——

If that bothers you, then I'll think of other ways.

He is serious.

Realizing this, Kong Yun froze for a moment, a certain question in his heart seemed to be coming out, but he suppressed it calmly, unwilling to think about this issue, and felt that the other party was still condensed at this moment. Looking at him, the black-haired Hufflepuff coughed lightly, and said as if nothing had happened: "We can't come up with a result when discussing this issue now, why don't we go back to Hogwarts and discuss it with the professors before we discuss it?" Make a decision?"

When he said this, he happened to bump into those gray-blue eyes, and in those two-way cold and sober eyes, there was a very faint smile at this moment, and the movements of his hands did not hesitate slightly. .

This made him turn his head slightly like a conditioned reflex, avoiding that line of sight, and only heard the other party say neatly: "Okay."

On the way back, neither of them spoke.

The atmosphere was so quiet that it was almost embarrassing, but Kong Yun couldn't think of anything, and didn't want to say anything to break it.The black-haired Hufflepuff lowered his head restlessly, staring absent-mindedly at the scenery that was fading away under his feet. At this moment, his heart was filled with indescribable regret——

Tell him to die.

Tell him to make jokes on a whim.

Casually cast another spell to prevent the wind, Kong Yun concentrated his attention, and his thoughts drifted to the scene where the other party was half-embracing him when he came, and many details that he hadn't thought of at first also came to his mind. Gradually clear thinking becomes logical and clear.

Many things are not without signs, but Kong Yun never thought about that direction, and just regarded it as normal physical contact between boys. move to...

what seriously...

He did it on purpose!

Knowing such a fact all of a sudden, the black-haired Hufflepuff's thoughts at the moment can only be described as confusion. He ground his teeth and wanted to do something, but the other party seemed to have expected it. They were very well-behaved all the way, and they didn't mean to disturb him at all, so that he couldn't find a place to find fault.

Seeing the familiar Hogwarts appeared in front of his eyes, thestrals had just landed on the grass of Hogwarts, Kong Yun jumped down first, perhaps to conceal the complicated emotions at the moment, he stood firm body, subconsciously took a few steps forward, while casually sweeping towards the distance.

What was originally done to cover up the chaotic emotions at the moment, but when looking at the Hogwarts lawn at the moment, it turned into another kind of indescribable weirdness and uneasiness.

That kind of indescribable weirdness even surpassed the complicated private emotions in his heart at the moment, which made him frowned slightly, and habitually turned his head to look at the other party: "Draco..."

He has called this name hundreds of times, but this time he froze as soon as he spoke, but Draco didn't seem to notice his abnormality, and Slytherin, who was a step behind, turned around. , looked at the surrounding environment intently, and analyzed in the same tone as usual: "Usually, at this time, there should be students playing Quidditch here..." He frowned, "I'm afraid there are some students in the school. What happened."

As if nothing had happened.

Kong Yun thought for a while, and didn't dwell on this matter any further. Now is not the time to think about this issue—the two looked at each other, and without talking nonsense, they rushed directly towards Hogwarts Castle.

Surprisingly, not only the outside of Hogwarts Castle, but also the interior of Hogwarts Castle at this moment is also terribly quiet. The two of them walked all the way, and they didn't see any students. From the auditorium, to the corridor, to the courtyard That's all.Realizing that something was wrong, the two stopped and changed their direction to the dormitory, then turned around and walked towards the faculty lounge.

Before approaching the faculty lounge, the originally closed door opened with a bang, and Godric was standing at the door. Kong Yun noticed that Professor Gryffindor looked very solemn at the moment, and when he recognized After confirming the identity of the visitor, the vigilance in his eyes gradually dissipated.

Kong Yun's heart sank.

Being able to make Godric show such an expression, I am afraid that things are really serious.

"Professor Gryffindor, what happened?"

Godric shook his head, with a rare stern look on his face. He didn't speak, but took a step back, nodded at the two, and signaled them to come in and talk.

The two followed Godric into the room.

Inside the staff lounge, they saw Helga and Rowena sitting in chairs—no Salazar, and no other professors.Kong Yun tilted his head and Draco looked at each other, finding the same confusion in each other's eyes.

In the history of Hogwarts, it is true that Salazar had a big fight with Godric because of his ideas, and then left Hogwarts, but that is already a matter of the future, and now Hogwarts It has only been four years since the school was established, and it is not at all the time in history when Salazar left.

Or... their appearance caused the conflict between Salazar and Godric to break out early, and then they left Hogwarts?

Godric was the first to speak—he hesitated for a while, and then said: "Just as you were leaving, a student was attacked—although he was sent to the infirmary in time, his condition is very urgent , the injury is temporarily stabilized, but his life will be in danger at any time."

There is no concealment in this aspect, because up to now, almost all the students in Hogwarts have already known this fact. In contrast, it is better to make it clear now.

What's more, in terms of the overall quality of the two of them and their identities as students, there are some things that they can do more conveniently than professors.

"When we arrived, we were already one step late, and we could only see the back of the attacker leaving. Salazar followed and chased after him, but he hasn't returned yet." Summarizing what happened in a few words, Godric rubbed his hands Forehead, his face was a little ugly: "In short, that person left some sensitive words at the scene-caused some confusion among the students. If possible, I hope you can help appease the frightened little wizards. For safety, this paragraph Time to try not to act alone."

Godric didn't say what that person left behind, but combined with the Basilisk incident that happened at Hogwarts a thousand years later, it's not hard to guess the specific content.

It's nothing more than some pure-blood supremacy, deliberately trying to stir up conflicts between pure-bloods and half-bloods, and also spark disputes between Godric and Salazar.

The world of children is pure, they can play together without any grievances because they are as simple as paper, but once something happens, the white paper is dyed with color, and they can naturally break up because of this.

The life and death of the friends playing together are unknown, and the murderer left remarks at the scene that pure blood is supreme and mixed blood needs to be cleaned up. What will the children think?

Although they will hate those who kill their friends, those speeches and horrific scenes will also leave a shadow in their hearts, and once these shadows are allowed to extend freely, those pure-bloods who were finally eliminated Prejudice against mixed blood will inevitably be reborn in this school again.

And if Hogwarts wants to return to its original track, it must be completely resolved psychologically.

The two people who returned to the corridor were feeling a little heavy, and Kong Yun didn't have the time to think about the accident in the afternoon. Seeing that the lively and noisy corridor in the past became colder, he thought: "I remember that the professors never The exact address of Hogwarts has been announced to the public, how did that person get in?"

"Do you remember where Hogwarts recruited students in the first year?"

"You mean Hogsmeade?"

At this time, Hogsmeade was not the pure wizarding village of later generations, but a large area of ​​desolate and untouched ruins, but strictly speaking, this area was not completely untouched, because Kong Yun went to Hogsmeade later. When I was in Germany, I also accidentally witnessed several Muggle-born wizards.

Those who would choose to stay in such a strange and uninhabited place are mostly homeless vagrants, old, weak, sick and disabled. Considering that the other party can't do much, the founders of Hogwarts are fine. Care, for the past four years, the two sides have not interfered with each other and lived in peace.

Of course, these wandering wizards can't do much, but if they leak the approximate location of Hogwarts under the threat of someone, they can still do it.

When he looked down and thought, the Hufflepuff common room was already in front of him.The black-haired Hufflepuff stopped, hesitated for a while, and said, "I'll go back first, and you should rest earlier."

"Good night."

Neither of them mentioned what happened in the afternoon, and Draco didn't intend to keep it.One second before the door of the lounge was about to close completely, Kong Yun paused for a moment, and glanced back inadvertently.

The senior Slytherin was half leaning on the handrail in the stairwell, lowering his eyes slightly, thinking about something calmly.Seemingly aware of Kong Yun's gaze, when he raised his eyes again, there was a hint of a faint smile in his eyes, and he didn't say anything, as if he had expected it, so he was free.

... even more upset.

Kong Yun thought.

In this regard, he chose to turn a blind eye - pretending not to pay attention to the other party's gaze, the black-haired Hufflepuff turned around, the door to the common room was completely closed, and the entire stairwell fell silent immediately.The person who was lazily standing at the door just a second ago had no intention of continuing down the stairs and returning to the Slytherin lounge. Instead, he left in the completely opposite direction.

half an hour.

The closed door to the Hufflepuff lounge slowly opened again, and the black-haired Hufflepuff stood at the door, looking in the direction the other party left, and frowned slightly.

Salazar was in a bad mood.

It is impossible for any professor to be happy when his student is accidentally attacked, the murderer is unknown and escapes, not to mention that the other party left such words on the wall——

Clean.

From the meaning of the sentence itself, this concept seems to coincide with Salazar's idea: to reject Muggle students and make Hogwarts a pure magic school that only accepts pure-blood students .This is exactly where the contradiction between it and Godric has always been, but when someone really "cleaned" it up, Salazar felt a little annoyed.

He really didn't want Muggle students to step into this school, but no matter pure blood or mixed blood, they have become students of Hogwarts after all, and as a professor, he couldn't tolerate anyone hurting his students— — especially now that he and Godric were arguing about it.

In Sarah's view, this is undoubtedly a provocation and insult to him.

Suppressing the annoyance in his heart, Salazar did not return to Hogwarts immediately. With Godric around, the safety of the students is still guaranteed——

He chose to go to the "ruin" that was originally the place where Hogwarts enrolled students.

In the evening, the ruins of Hogsmeade were deserted, and the dim light shone among the wreckage of broken walls in twos and threes, casting dim shadows. A few dark gray sparrows stood among the withered branches and leaves, occasionally flapping their wings, from the sparse Dead branches jumped onto broken stone pillars.

A place that doesn't seem popular at all.

But for most wizards, the more few people there are, and the place where no Muggles will easily set foot, it is more suitable as their hiding place. Wizards who can disguise themselves well in Muggle villages are a minority after all. , and those who can do this often disdain to do so.

Passing through the finely broken rocks on the ground with ease, Salazar continued to move forward.

As a wizard, it is not difficult to find a wizard's hiding place in a seemingly ordinary environment.

As the twilight deepened, the mottled shadows of the trees became longer. Salazar stopped at the low sound of birdsong beside his ears, and squinted his eyes unexpectedly.

Unknowingly, he has grown to the height of an adult wizard. The slender and tall young man turned around. He is still wearing the fine texture and fine-grained wizard robes that he bid farewell to in the morning. Obviously, after returning to Hogwarts , rushed here in the first time, his eyes were calm at this moment, and his gray-blue eyes were as respectful as ever.

"...Professor Slytherin," he whispered.

Salazar raised his eyebrows. His disciple looked like he was in a welcoming posture, but his position was so impartial that it blocked his way forward. It might be a coincidence if he was someone else, but he was looking at the other person after all. From a cautious young man to a calm young man, how could it be possible not to understand what the other party is thinking?

He has always disliked dawdling and ambiguous things, and now he is no exception even when facing the student he admires the most on weekdays. He immediately said bluntly: "You want to stop me?"

Draco didn't answer the question right away.

He exhaled lightly, took a step back slightly, and when he raised his head again, the respect in his expression was still the same, but there was an extra determination that would not give in.

Seeing the reaction of the student he admired the most, Salazar was not angry at all. He seemed to find the situation interesting. There was a vague smile on his lips, but there was no smile at all in his eyes. : "Are you sure you can stop me? Don't forget, I taught you all the things you know."

"I always thought you were a smart guy."

"I always thought that you shouldn't care about these things." Salazar said casually, while taking a leisurely step, passing the silent young man who stayed where he was, he continued to move forward, his tone seemed indifferent, and There seemed to be a hint of disappointment: "It's not...so stupid to become an enemy of me because of this kind of problem."

Draco paused for a moment.

At this time four years ago, he was still saddened by the regret from the other party, but now when faced with this suspected disappointment, he became more sober and calm, and did not look at Salazar who was walking straight forward. Laco said lightly: "You are right, Professor Slytherin." He paused, and then slowly said: "I really don't care about those things."

He understood what Salazar was trying to do.

No matter what role the wizards living in this future Hogsmeade village played in the distress of the Hogwarts students-whether they revealed the exact address of Hogwarts under coercion, or Regardless of whether it has nothing to do with this matter at all, at this point, if it falls into the hands of Salazar, who is proficient in black magic and has no scruples like other Godrics, it will not end well.

Draco really didn't care about that.

To offend Salazar Slytherin for the safety of some unimportant people, no matter how you look at it, it is like a loss-making transaction with completely unequal interests and values, but there are many things in this world, but it is not a simple interest value that can be converted Measured.

"I know you won't care, Professor, but someone will."

As a Slytherin, Draco knew the correct way to communicate with a Slytherin—this made him organize his words in his heart, and then he quickly said: "There is a difference between here and Hogwarts." The distance is very short, once something happens, it will be reported to Hogwarts in less than half a day, and it is only a matter of time before Professor Gryffindor and the others know."

"I know you don't care what the Gryffindor professors think, but—" Draco said: "For some insignificant Muggle-born wizards who may die in a corner at any time, and the best three of the world Do you really think it's worth it to create a rift with a young wizard?"

one second.

two seconds.

three seconds.

The footsteps behind him stopped slightly, then turned around, getting closer and closer.Draco breathed a sigh of relief, but his bottomless eyes became more and more complicated when he lowered his eyes.

He thought of the long time ago in the foreign courtyard, the young man casually carried the long knife behind his back, turned his head slightly, and suddenly smiled at him.

"You must have never liked anyone."

"……what?"

At that time, the moonlight crawled in along the patchwork eaves, falling on the boy's casual, scattered and uninhibited smile. He watched the boy with the completely opposite personality lower his head, kicking the pebbles under his feet casually while playing, Inadvertently said: "If you like someone, you should at least learn to think from the perspective of the other person, right? I don't want Ah Yun to be unhappy."

As long as he can maintain a good master-student relationship with Salazar, for him, Gryffindor's thoughts don't matter at all, and Draco really doesn't care what will happen to these people if they fall into Salazar's hands , and don't even care about the life and death of these people at all.

But he cares.