[HP Tomb Raiders Notes] Zhaoming

Jiang Yu came to the rotunda for the trial very early. She sat on the witness stand, and Yao Hui and Chang Yan, who came with her, sat next to her.The three of them were quite nervous at this time. Yao Hui and she only received the news yesterday. They tried to inquire about Lin Ci from the executive department several times before but found nothing.Wei Chengnan also knew something about witches, but he was born as a Squib and had no constructive solution. He could only comfort his girlfriend. There must be another hidden story about that girl.

The hall was filled with wizards one after another. They wore robes of various colors, and each had a report and a record book in their hands. A wooden sign with their names was placed in front of the table.There were nearly a hundred wizards in the huge trial hall, and everyone gathered together in twos and threes to discuss in a low voice, like the buzzing sound of bees, which made Jiang Yu even more uncomfortable.Yao Hui, who was beside her, saw her friend's face and silently held her hand. The latter returned a weak smile, and then waited quietly.Si Changyan looked down at the report borrowed from a wizard and carefully studied the current situation.

"Dangdangdangdang..." A huge quartz clock hanging on the wall behind the rostrum struck heavily nine times, and the voices of the wizards stopped abruptly as if they had pressed the pause button, and there was a sudden sound from a circular small room in the center of the hall , Jiang Yu straightened up abruptly, staring closely at that direction.A young girl sits on a chair and is rising with it, with chains around her feet.The girl's complexion was pale, and there was unconcealable fatigue between her brows and eyes, but even in such a situation, she was neither humble nor overbearing, with an innate bearing lingering around her, as if she came from an ancient and noble pure-blood family.

"You are Lin Ci?" the chief wizard Si Yuge asked, while a quill in front of a wizard next to him was brushing to write in the notebook.

"Yes."

"Are you admitting that your wizard identity pass was forged?"

"Yes."

"Are you admitting to using your own wand to cast one of the Unforgivable Curses, the Cruciatus Curse?"

"Yes." The girl's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she hesitated for a while before saying.

Jiang Yu wanted to stand up and say something immediately, but was held down by Yao Hui beside him.

"Next, let the witness Si Changyan come to the stage to make a statement." Another wizard next to the chief wizard said.

Si Changyan slowly walked up to the witness stand, and then said without emotion: "Lin Ci was with me almost all the time at the summer gathering—because our rotation is arranged in the same team."

"On the third night, our rotation ended, so we met to go to the rally together. We met Jiang Yu, and then separated from Lin Ci."

"The last time you saw the accused at a rally, what was she doing?"

"I let her stay where she is, and it's unclear what happened after that."

"According to the records reported by Auror Captain Liu Wen, you and Yao Hui went to the interrogation room that night. Please explain the situation in detail." A wizard next to Si Yuge said after flipping through the documents in his hand.

"At that time, the Aurors received news that there were wizarding activities on the Muggle streets. Lin Ci and her boyfriend were there, and they were brought back for trial. Yao Hui and I just wanted to help out. After all, it's not a big deal for couples to meet."

"The witness, Yao Hui, is invited to make a statement on stage."

Yao Hui gave her friend a comforting look, stepped onto the stage and said calmly: "At that time, Si Changyan and I did go to the interrogation room for Lin Ci, because we had seen that Muggle boy before and knew their relationship. Lin Ci and Si Changyan are in the same patrol team, so this little favor is nothing."

"Heh," someone sneered among the wizards, and then raised their hands to signal: "Then how do you explain the defendant's use of the Cruciatus Curse?"

There was a buzzing sound in the trial hall, and many wizards were communicating with each other with serious expressions.Jiang Yu felt her heart being tightened again, and she couldn't help looking in the girl's direction, but from this angle, she could only see the girl's fair side face, with a strand of black hair scattered on her shoulders.After briefly answering the chief wizard's question just now, the girl remained motionless. She sat on a chair with a calm expression, as if everything that happened in front of her had nothing to do with her.

Yao Hui and Si Changyan were both stunned. The evidence for this matter is convincing. Unless the wizard himself has something to say, it is impossible for outsiders to give convincing testimony.At this moment, they looked at the girl like the other wizards present, hoping that the other party could say something.

Facing so many attentions, the girl still didn't speak.

The atmosphere became more tense for a while.

"The defendant is asked to make a final statement for himself," said a wizard in a black robe embroidered with gold.

"I reject."

The voices in the courtroom suddenly died away, and everyone looked in surprise at the girl who refused to speak for herself.After several minutes, Si Yuge communicated with the wizards around him for a while, and then said.

"Given the defendant's refusal to make a statement, now please list it as a show of hands - in favor of the dismissal of the charges."

In the huge space, except for the voice of the wizard just now, which seemed to be still echoing, there was no movement at all.

No one raised their hands.

Wizards as witnesses are not eligible to raise their hands.

"Then," the wizard paused, "if you agree with the accusation, please raise your hand."

There was a rustling sound in the trial hall, Jiang Yu looked around, and nearly two-thirds of the people raised their hands.

"The accusation is established." Si Yuge said calmly.Then he waved his hand, "Take the prisoner to Yunsen Tower." Two tall wizards in Auror uniforms who had been waiting by the girl's side removed the chains from the girl's feet, and then led her to the courtroom. door.Other members of the Gallo Association got up in twos and threes, packed up their things, and left one after another through the gate on the other side.Jiang Yu couldn't contain the horror and pain in her heart, she ran towards the three of them.

"and many more!"

The Aurors stopped and turned to look at her, but the young girl between them never looked back.

"Don't you have anything to say to me?" Standing in front of the girl, Jiang Yu felt a slight pain in her heart.

The girl didn't look at her.

Then the two friends who caught up looked at them worriedly.

"You can't say a word? Why do you want to approach us?" Jiang Yu's heart was extremely heavy. She still didn't want to believe that a person with such clear eyes would do something to hurt others. She grabbed the girl's shoulder, Desperately wanting an answer, the sudden move made the two Aurors next to him unable to react.

The girl finally looked up at her, and there seemed to be lingering clouds floating in her eyes.At that moment, she felt that the girl stared at her eyes as if after a long time, as if she was missing something.

The next moment she was knocked back a few steps, and when she came back to her senses, the magic wand in the robe was already held by the girl, and it was firmly pressed against her neck at this moment.

"Back off!"

The girl said coldly, she was totally different from the calm witch in the trial hall just now.

When Zhang Qiling came out of the house, the guys were still sorting out a large pile of goods in the small yard. It was just the beginning of night, and they had to finish clearing the things quickly, and wait until midnight before loading the goods on the truck and transporting them out.

The leader was a man named Yangzi, about 30 years old.Perhaps it was because the big business that was done recently was very profitable. This silent young man made a lot of efforts, and he greeted the other party with great enthusiasm.

"Hey, Master Zhang! Are you going out?"

The other party was unmoved, and didn't even lift his eyelids.

Yangzi was bored, but there were a few guys watching, and they felt a little embarrassed, so they bit the bullet and said, "Are you looking for that little girl from last time?"

He still remembered that some time ago, a very young girl came to look for dumb Zhang, she looked clean and lively, she was definitely not like those girls in their industry who competed with each other.At that time, I still wondered that such a silent and indifferent weird boy would be looked for by someone, and I didn't usually see this guy go out to have some fun when he was free like them.However, he never saw that little girl again, and he reckoned that the little girl would not be able to stand dumb Zhang's stinky temper.At this time, the spirit of gossip possessed him, he raised his eyelids as if he was finally touched by the other party, and boldly suggested, "The girl needs to be coaxed, she has not come to you for so long because she must want you to find her. Men, you have to take the initiative. Otherwise, when your face is as wrinkled as an old tree, there will be no such pretty little girl willing to follow you!"

A few young guys next to him also booed, even though they were doing this kind of shady business, everyone still yearned for that kind of soft and beautiful relationship.What's more, this kind of thing still happened to this dumb Zhang who can be called a god-man. The young man has always been taciturn, but he was basically the one who took the lead in the previous few times. They were curious about what kind of girlfriend the other party would have.

Zhang Qiling raised his eyes to look at the sky, and didn't intend to correct Yangzi at all. Although what the other party said had nothing to do with the facts, he reminded himself that maybe it was time to see Jiang Lin. After a while, they will return to Hangzhou soon, and they can say hello to her before leaving.

But this is still a bit strange to him, he seems to have never had the habit of saying goodbye to others in his memory, maybe he has, but he just forgot.Thinking back carefully, it seems that many things were made exceptions because of that girl.Take a broomstick, "pick" the locks of your own home, from posing as cousins ​​to lovers, and dizzying but quick and easy door key travel.From the moment he met her, a brand new world appeared before his eyes.

She is like a spring of fresh water, rushing hard in the mountains, and her life, which is as quiet as stagnant water or even dark, is completely different from hers.

Is it time to say goodbye?

Zhang Qiling thought this way, and after making up his mind, he walked out of the yard, leaving behind a bunch of gossiping men.

He looked around at night, found a corner that no one was paying attention to, held the door key in his hand, and read a place name lightly. The next moment, the familiar dizziness hit, and the youth had disappeared.

When Zhang Qiling came back to his senses, he had arrived at an alley next to the Xindai Mint Bar where Jiang Lin lived. He followed his previous memory to the witch's residence. After knocking on the door, a middle-aged woman came to open the door.

"Are you Lin Ci's boyfriend?"

He noticed that the other party's tone was not kind, and he was not as enthusiastic as before. "Yes, is she there?"

Sister Yang's complexion sank, and she said, "She was taken away by Aurors for forging a pass before, and then she escaped from the public trial meeting of the Gallo Wizards Association, and now her arrest warrants are flying all over the sky. You'd better leave quickly, don't cause trouble That's it." With that, he slammed the door shut.

Zhang Qiling frowned slightly. Although he was not yet familiar with the magic world, he also felt the seriousness of the incident.After thinking for a while, he decided to go to another place.

Cheng Hezhou carefully rubbed the thin chain in his hand against the firelight of the fireplace, and he seemed to be able to feel a trace of the girl's remaining breath on it. He suddenly remembered the way the other party was nestled in his arms during the last Remembrance, and he felt a little faint. Itchy, like a soft fluff brushing over the tip of my heart.A few days ago, he received news that the girl had successfully escaped from the Ministry of Magic, and now he was waiting for the other party to come to pick up the new pass he had prepared.It is undeniable that he is looking forward to the next meeting.

Maybe he can persuade the other party to stay. The new contact point still has a lot of protective measures to do. As a former Auror, he believes that the girl has this ability.

A long-eared owl flew in through the window, dropped an envelope and whizzed away.He tore open the envelope and pulled out the letter inside.

A pure-blood witch has been sent to the professor, so there is no need to worry about the little girl of the Jiang family.

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Cheng Hezhou felt his heart tremble. He was surprised that his uncle solved the last experimental product so quickly, and at the same time he was relieved that he finally didn't have to go to that uncomfortable place anymore.He let go, and the letter and the envelope flew into the fireplace, igniting a small fire.For some reason, he was still a little worried, but he didn't know where to start with this inexplicable feeling.

The man unconsciously twisted the exquisite necklace in his hand, the black stone at the end gleamed warmly against the dim yellow firelight.