[hp] warm as jade

Dumbledore's expression became serious, and he took a few steps forward, standing side by side with Snape.The three little ones were close together, raising their wands, ready to contribute their own strength when necessary.

But soon, Dumbledore's wand was lowered: "It's a snake slough."

"Snake...slough? Is this empty?" Harry gasped.

"Then isn't its body bigger?" Draco asked, while tugging on Rong Jiu's sleeves, "We are only second-year students, we can't handle it!"

"And Professor Snape." Rong Jiu comforted, and soon realized something was wrong, and added, "Well, the principal is such a powerful wizard."

Several people moved forward slowly again, but this time they were more vigilant. After all, although it was just an empty shell, it also showed that there was indeed a basilisk here, and its size was not small. Who can guarantee that it will not emerge from somewhere in a while come out?

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened until he came to Shepi.

The light from the tip of Snape's wand fell on its body, and everyone could clearly see its appearance: green snake skin with strange patterns painted on it, it seemed to be at least twenty feet long.If you don't consider the lethality behind it, it is a very rare work of art.

With a "plop", Draco sat directly on the ground, Harry's knees were trembling slightly, and Rong Jiu's face turned pale.Maybe a basilisk really appeared, and the few people still have the courage to fight. After all, when no one knows what they are really going to face, it is a matter of life and death, and it is too late to scare them.But now, the cold facts are placed in front of them, obliterating the luck and escape in their hearts, and telling them coldly: Yes, what you are about to face is a huge poisonous snake.With your size alone, it's not even enough to fit it between the teeth.

"I...I want to go back." Draco supported himself with trembling hands and moved two steps back, but accidentally pressed a piece of broken bone, and suddenly burst into a frightened cry, and rushed from the ground Standing up, he quickly rushed towards Rong Jiu.

Rong Jiu was also quite frightened at first, how could he withstand Draco's pounce, his feet went limp, and the two of them just fell straight towards the snake slough.

Then bumped into a firm embrace.

"That's enough Draco, calm down." A slightly annoyed voice came from their heads.

The scene in front of him was almost comical: Rong Jiu was leaning against Snape's arms, holding a crying, shivering giant baby in his arms.Even in such an environment, Harry couldn't help showing a smile.

Draco was lifted from Rong Jiu's body by Snape's collar, and he threw it to Harry.Then he turned his head and looked at Dumbledore enquiringly.

The latter frowned, apparently thinking about something.After a moment, he said, "Keep going."

"Professor," Harry looked at Dumbledore embarrassedly, "but Draco doesn't look well..."

Not only was it not good, after hearing what Dumbledore said, Draco almost rolled his eyes and fainted.

"It's not here," said Dumbledore briefly, and after a pause he added, "At least not now."

Rong Jiu picked up Draco's wand, stuffed it into his hand, and helped him up from Harry: "It's okay Draco, we are Slytherin, what about the Slytherin basilisk?" Will it hurt us?"

"Really..." Draco held Rong Jiu's hand tremblingly, those hands were cold and wet, and even trembling a little, obviously its owner's heart was not as calm as it seemed, but it strangely soothed Draco's uneasiness.

"Yes." Rong Jiu smiled, "We are a family, how could I lie to you?"

Seeing that Draco was in a better mood, Dumbledore continued to walk forward, and Snape walked to the back, wary of possible danger from behind.The three of Harry were still walking in the middle.Draco held Rong Jiu tightly, one step ahead of her, while holding his wand tightly.Rong Jiu and Harry walked side by side, and the latter turned his head to look at the two of them from time to time, with envy on his face.

Seeing Rong Jiu's questioning gaze, Harry felt a little lonely and shy: "It must feel good to have a brother or sister."

"Yeah," Draco replied, seeming to have recovered from his shock, boasting triumphantly, "It's nice to have a sister, isn't it, Cassie?"

Rong Jiu shivered: "Yes... yes."

Draco glared at Rong Jiu: "Is there a problem?"

"The only problem is that I'm not used to my dear brother being so kind all of a sudden." Rong Jiu put on her signature sweet smile, so this time, the trembling person was replaced by Draco.

Several people turned one turn after another, the tunnel seemed endless, Rong Jiu once suspected that they had encountered a ghost hitting the wall.After another four or five turns, and another turn, the road ahead was no longer a long road, but a solid stone wall, engraved with two intertwined snakes, and their eyes were two A large, sparkling emerald that looks lifelike.

Snape came to the front.Dumbledore turned around: "Are you all ready?"

All three nodded.

"Harry," said Dumbledore.

Harry stepped forward.This time, he didn't need to conjure a real snake—the two on the wall were realistic enough.

"Open it," he said.

The two snakes writhed, took the stone wall to split from the middle, slid, and finally disappeared on both sides.

The Slytherin Chamber of Secrets has finally been opened again after a long period of time.

Rows of stone pillars were neatly lined up in front of them, each with a snake hovering in different postures, and finally submerged in the darkness above.

Such an aura reminded Rong Jiu of the sacrificial place.It's all so mysterious, weird and sacred.

Dumbledore raised his wand, and a silvery-white light shot out from the tip of the wand. After circling twice, it quickly sank into the darkness.

"Let's go," said Dumbledore, "There's no one in there."

"But there are snakes?" Draco said meanly, before being slapped on the head by Professor Snape.

The secret room was very empty, and the footsteps of several people aroused loud echoes.Tap, tap.One sound after another, stimulating their hearts.Walk through row after row step by step until you reach the last row of pillars.

Several people stopped in their tracks and raised their heads.A statue that was as high as the room appeared in front of everyone.

The statue has an aging face, wrinkled, and a sparse beard that reaches almost to his feet, but age and weakness cannot hide the shrewdness and contempt on his face.On the edge of the hem of the clothes, various snakes are engraved, as if this person was born from snakes and is about to return to snakes.

In Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, the statue in the middle of the wall, who this person is, is already self-evident.

"Salazar Slytherin." Dumbledore sighed almost in a whisper.

In an instant, the millennium seemed to have disappeared, and four young figures could still be vaguely seen: Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Slytherin.They each came to this desolate place with their own style, and created their own legends—the never-ending legends.

"Slytherin..." Rong Jiu murmured, "Building a secret room with yourself, such courage and magic power, is really an amazing person."

"What?" Dumbledore turned around, "Use yourself...?"

Rong Jiu nodded.

She was born with a pair of yin and yang eyes, and can see things that others cannot see.Every corner of this secret room is surrounded by strands of soul breath, especially concentrated on the statue.Although it has almost disappeared, it does exist.

It must be the soul of Slytherin.Taking body as a stone, fighting with life, leaving such a space.

For the first time, Rong Jiu didn't have the idea of ​​crossing the soul.This is the wish of an old man, and also his obsession. He wants to see the secret room opened in the hands of his descendants to accomplish what he failed to accomplish back then.Regardless of whether Rong Jiu agrees or not, I have to admire his determination and strength.

In a trance, a gust of wind blew by, and those souls lingering on the stone seemed to be called by something, and they floated up one by one and gathered.Suddenly, a strong wind blew up and scattered the dust, forcing Rong Jiu to close his eyes.Fortunately, not long after, the wind slowly calmed down.

Rong Jiu slowly opened his eyes.

The scene in front of me has changed: dense fog is everywhere, the smooth marble floor is under my feet, there is a stone table in front of me, and there are two green chairs beside the table. A young man in a green robe rests his head on one hand and rests the other loosely on his lap.

"Slytherin." Not a question, but an affirmation.

The young man smiled, his femininity was stained with innocence: "Sit."

Rong Jiu sat down obediently.

"What do you need? Coffee? Milk? Lemon juice? You're still a minor and you can't drink."

"Thank you, but no need." Rong Jiu smiled, "You don't enter the unknown, this is the rule of the Rong family."

Slytherin didn't care either: "You are not my descendant, why can you see me?"

"..." Rong Jiu was stunned for a second, "Didn't you want to see me?"

Slytherin shook his finger at her: "No, no, no, my strength is running out. Do you think it's easy to do things under the noses of those three people? I've been planning the Chamber of Secrets since the beginning of Hogwarts , of course, was just for fun."

"Until we had disagreements with them..." Slytherin shook his head, "Until the end, I only built the passages outside. In desperation, I had no choice but to use the forbidden technique to build this secret room at my own expense." .”

"Does this have anything to do with how I got in?" Rong Jiu broke down.

"...Oh, only those who have my blood can touch the law and enter this world." Slytherin looked a little confused, "What do you have to do with me?"

"...I am yours, student?" Rong Jiu tentatively replied, "I belong to Slytherin——oh, don't make that expression, I mean Slytherin House!"

"Tsk, you are much cuter than that kid." Slytherin got a cup of coffee from somewhere, held it in his hand, and took a sip gracefully, "The one who came last time, what's his name? He has a serious face, a little It's not like I advocate peace."

"..." Rong Jiu stared at him silently.

"Come on." Slytherin sneered. "I didn't kill Gryffindor back then. If I thought about it, that idiot would have died tens of thousands of times."

"But... build such a secret room, and put such a cruel one..." Rong Jiu struggled to find the words, "Well... to kill people, is this called peace?"

"Do Muggles count as people?" Slytherin casually put the cup on the table. "The inferior bloodlines try to confuse the noble bloodlines. It is only natural that they are purged. What kind of killing is it?"

"..." Rong Jiu was silent.

"I'm surprised you found it here, though. How's sweetheart?" Slytherin changed the subject.

"sweetheart?"

"It's the one I left in the Chamber of Secrets, my pet." Slytherin compared, "I just picked her up and she's about as long as an arm. After so many years, has she grown up?"

"...It's about twenty feet away." Rong Jiu felt a little nauseous.

"Oh, she looks good, she really deserves to be my sweetheart." Slytherin said with a smile, "Sweetheart is so smart, she can tell the difference between houses. I only taught her for more than ten days. From then on, as long as she is my person, She won't even touch it."

"What if there is no pure blood in Slytherin?" Rong Jiu asked weakly.

"Then I'll tear off the sorting hat." Slytherin clapped his hands with a smile.

Without waiting for Rong Jiu to question, he suddenly shouted happily again: "I see, little girl, you don't belong to this world, right? So you are not bound by the rules. You can come in because you want to come in, right?"

"Ah?" Rong Jiu was a little at a loss, "Doesn't belong?"

"It must be," Slytherin muttered to himself. "It must be, life unfettered, and then eligible, and then..."

"Then……"

Slytherin's voice suddenly became farther and farther away, and the surrounding fog became thicker and thicker. Rong Jiu couldn't help getting up and looking around: "Hey! Slytherin! Where are you? What do you mean you don't belong? Can you explain clearly? Hey..."

Faintly, a smiling voice floated from afar: "Think about it yourself!"

"Hello!" Rong Jiu shouted angrily, but there was no answer, only her own voice echoed here.

……