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

Countless gloomy dead bodies crawled out one after another from the bottom of the deep black lake, and crawled upright towards the living people on the shore. No one knew how long these dead bodies had been at the bottom of the lake. When they approached the four of them, those On the outstretched arm, there was clearly little carrion hanging on it, only a half-empty skeleton remained.

Before anyone could speak to remind them, the four of them retreated subconsciously at the same time, and Sirius calmly raised his wand: "All petrified!"

But this move obviously couldn't have any effect on those dead bodies. They didn't have any signs of being petrified. The distance between the two was drawn closer. The dead body at the front even stretched out its withered arm towards Harry— —

That's too late!

Sirius' complexion changed drastically, and before he had time to regret his risky behavior with the three first-year students, he quickly raised his wand, and before he could speak, seeing that hand was about to grab Harry's arm, a green light cluster suddenly It lit up from between his wrists, and directly tore that dry arm into pieces.

At the same time, Sirius also recited the second spell in time: "Firestorm!"

This is a very advanced spell, at least none of the three people present has learned it, or read it in any book, but its power is also amazing-a huge flame burst out from the mouth of his wand , Surrounding the four of them in a circle of fire, this made those disobedient corpses feel frightened, they no longer rushed forward, but staggered back violently!

"...I'm starting to regret this decision now." Draco looked a little annoyed, and he complained in a low voice: "We can get this locket by ourselves instead of asking Sirius to bring a few The brats are here to give us trouble - oh, it looks like my gift saved their lives?" he sarcastically.

"So I told you a long time ago, don't randomly pick things as gifts—" Kong Yun said.

At this moment, the dead bodies are not only pushing towards Sirius, but also the small island in the center of the lake is a high-risk area. While they were talking, Draco used a spell similar to a fire storm to expel the surrounding dead bodies away Come on, Kong Yun said very fast:

"Raising a group of people, you have seen the country's prosperity. Breeding all things, you will know the harmony between the world and the earth."

This is a healing spell. When the spiritual power is gathered and formed, it is also a dazzling white light. Strangely, when these halos hit the dead body, it does not bring healing effects.On the contrary, these seemingly harmless white halos are like a series of special flames, directly "burning" the trapped dead bodies into ashes.

Probably because in times of crisis, the body’s reaction is always faster than the brain’s. It wasn’t until the dead bodies in front of him were all melted into ashes that Kong Yun realized what he had done—this made him glance a little guilty. The junior Slytherins around him.

The latter didn't seem to notice the specialness of this spell. Draco had already taken out the locket from the stone basin, and was looking down at something inside. It seemed to be...a piece of paper?

Before he had time to think about the content of the curious note, Kong Yun looked at Sirius and the others on the other side, and the dead bodies who wanted to go ashore but were too late to approach due to the flames, and reminded: "Draco, I think we need to think Way to go back to the other side."

"Dead corpses are afraid of fire. We just need to keep the flames burning and go back there by boat again." Draco said briefly. When he said this, his tone and expression didn't change, but Kong Yun was inexplicably surprised. There is a feeling that something is different.

What's the difference?

He didn't know, didn't ask, and the current situation couldn't give them time to chat.When the two returned from the lake where they came from by boat, the surroundings and even the dead bodies on the shore jumped back into the lake under the force of the flames. They were still staring at the living people on the shore, but they dared not Go ashore again.

Under such circumstances, when the two set foot on the land on the shore one after another, they were easily targeted by several wands——

"What is this place? What did you do to that man?" Sirius stared at them vigilantly. He originally thought that Kong Yun was tricked by Draco, but now it seems that they were together, even It is very possible that they teamed up to kill someone!

Thinking of this, his hand holding the wand became tighter.

The other wand came from Ron, who never believed that Malfoy would ever be kind.Although Harry and Hermione were dubious, but Harry had just been saved by a gift from the other party, and he and Hermione had a certain understanding of Kong Yun's character, so they didn't draw a conclusion quickly.

The two looked alert and dangerous, but the man who was staring at them turned a blind eye to them, and his eyes swept across the two of them contemptuously. The junior Slytherin raised his chin and said coldly: "Of course it is for us!" Great master, fulfilling a necessary part of his plan."

Suddenly they got the expected "answer", both of them were taken aback for a moment, and then, like an offended lion, they immediately raised their wands, as if they were about to cast some spell——

Unlike the two who were always attracted by Draco's hatred, Hermione was probably the only one who first observed Kong Yun's situation.Under such circumstances, she quickly noticed the helplessness in the other party's eyes, which made her rub her forehead and said calmly: "Stop joking, Malfoy, this is not funny at all."

……joke?

Harry dubiously looked at Draco, who shrugged his shoulders undeniably, with a mocking sneer on the corner of his lips: "Don't you think so? Why don't you hold on to this stupid idea until you die Now, for your barren brains, ignorance is probably a kind of happiness instead."

When he said this, he seemed to have completely lost the patience to communicate with the Gryffindors. He pulled Kong Yun past him, and the two of them passed by the four of them, and they were about to continue walking out——

"Stop!" Not being "confused" by any other meaning in the other party's words, and already accustomed to Slytherin's insinuations, Sirius stared at his back unmoved, and said threateningly: "I'll Ask once, tell me, what on earth did you do for that man?"

I don't know which sentence he said, Draco turned his head, with a cold expression: "Stop talking stupidly, Mr. Sirius." He raised the corners of his lips, smiled contemptuously and disgustedly, "That man, early Disqualified from having a real Slytherin do things for him."

Before the four of them had any reaction to these words, he sneered, took out a locket from his pocket - that was exactly what he had just taken out of the stone basin - and threw it over.

No one expected him to make such a sudden move, so that the locket hit the ground abruptly, and with a clear "bang", the lid was popped open, and a folded The neat parchment also fell out of it.Hermione was the closest to it, the girl chose to pick it up, and spread it out carefully with both hands.

"Don't touch that, Hermione! Be careful with it..." Harry originally planned to remind Hermione that there might be some kind of trap inside, but when Hermione spread it out, revealing the neat writing inside, what? Nothing happened.

She read:

"To the Dark Lord:

I know I'm dead by the time you read this.But I want you to know that I discovered your secret.I have taken the real Horcrux and will destroy it as soon as possible.

I'd rather die if you were a mortal man of flesh and blood when you met your opponent.

RAB"

She read smoothly, but anyone could tell from the few short sentences that the person who wrote this passage on the parchment back then seemed to have never flinched from death, nor had he ever been afraid The person who made countless British wizards turn their faces, when he "faced" the Dark Lord, he was so calm... even arrogant and contemptuous.

Hermione was stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Who is RAB? What is a Horcrux?"

"Although I don't know who this RAB is, I think he has done a great thing." Ron relaxed a little at the content of the parchment, and he still stared fiercely at the opposite Slytherin: "For example, let all The Slytherin plans to come here and try to do something fell through..."

Harry didn't speak, because he found that Sirius' face became extremely ugly from the moment Hermione finished reading the contents of the parchment. The man seemed to be in a daze for a while before he suddenly realized that he no longer cared about Draco. , said in a deep voice, "...Hermione, give me the parchment."

The unfamiliar tone, the elegant cursive characters are the indifference and arrogance he is familiar with. Hermione has already read the content above, but at this moment he can't help but read it again seriously. Slowly move down and stay on the final signature.He closed his eyes, and his voice was sharp: "...Don't think that I will believe you if you get a note with the same handwriting. That stupid and arrogant, cowardly and useless Regulus, this is impossible—— "

RAB?

Regulus Arcturus Black?

The faces of the three of them all changed, combined with the content of the note and what Sirius said earlier, if the content of this paper is true, that is to say, Regulus is not what Sirius thought, He lost his life because of his own cowardice, but after discovering the secret of the Dark Lord, in order to reduce the opponent's strength... he decided to die.

Draco didn't seem to care about Sirius' attitude at all, he shrugged indifferently, and said lazily: "Yes, all of this is fake, I came all the way here just to forge a note , so that you can believe that Slytherins are a group of cowardly, useless and calculating poisonous snakes, are you satisfied with this explanation, Mr. Sirius?"

The situation that had barely calmed down was sparked by him again like this. Ron was still digesting the sudden new information, so he suddenly became annoyed after such a provocation.Hermione held her forehead helplessly, looking quite indifferent to the two of them, while Harry looked at his godfather worriedly.

Kong Yun sighed softly.

Because he suddenly understood what Draco wanted to do.

It was as if the last missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle had been filled in, and the original ambiguity became clear in an instant, and with the only clues, it became a complete circle.

Why deliberately lure the four of Harry and let them know about the Horcrux?

One is through Sirius, and he implicitly expressed his position from another aspect: obviously, he has made up his mind completely to stand on the opposite side of Voldemort. In this way, how to solve this matter while naturally letting Dumbledore knew about this and it became part of his plan.

But this is only one aspect.

As for another aspect -

He raised his head and looked at the four Gryffindors with complex expressions.

Ever since Kong Yun came to Hogwarts, college prejudice seemed to be a solid obstacle between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Then, after the "prejudice" that had persisted for so long was broken, and even suddenly told, it had long been When the "stupid and cowardly" Slytherin ruined his life for his own belief and will...

What will they think?

In the days to come, how will the Slytherin group be viewed?

Of course, Dumbledore would not easily change his attitude towards the Slytherin group because of such an incident, but what about the few pure and kind Gryffindors in front of him?Or, even if it doesn't change their attitude towards Slytherin, then, when the truth is revealed—

What kind of attitude will they use to face Regulus Black, and...disregarding their prejudices, but like Regulus, after discovering the Horcrux, they choose to "solve it alone" Yes, Draco Malfoy?

"Okay, Draco."

In such a stiff atmosphere, the lower-grade Hufflepuff, who had been silent all along, finally spoke. The boy frowned slightly, with a helpless expression, and he said gently: "I know you don't bother to explain to Gryffindor, and you don't want to explain it to Gryffindor at all. I don’t care about these, but I don’t think you need to bear some non-existent charges for things you didn’t do.”

Out of the corner of his eye, Kong Yun seemed to be unmoved by the junior Slytherin, who still had a sarcastic expression on his face, Kong Yun curled his lips secretly.

Gee.

Slytherin...