Chapter 85 Investigation and Negotiation

In a depressing atmosphere, Dumbledore finally led everyone to a small reception room on the second floor of Hogwarts Castle.

Although it is a small reception room, the space is not small. Even if it can accommodate 30 or 40 people, it will not seem crowded. The reception room is very simple, with only a long table placed in the center of the room. The elegant European-style decoration shows the taste and heritage of the school.

At this time, the guests and hosts were arranged in two rows on both sides of the long table. On the left, Dumbledore and the four deans were sitting, and on the right were the Yang family headed by Elder Xia. Yang Tian was also arranged to sit next to Elder Xia.

The atmosphere in the reception room was extremely heavy. Elder Xia took the lead in asking, "Regarding the assassination of my young master at your school, how is the investigation going?"

Dumbledore did not shirk responsibility for this matter and answered simply, "After this period of investigation, we can now confirm two aspects. The first is the corpse. These black-robed wizards and those who attacked the pure-blooded nobles in the wizarding world a few years ago should be from the same organization. From the attire, to the method of casting spells, to the way of dealing with the failure of the mission, they are almost exactly the same. There should be a set of rules and regulations.

Hearing this, Old Xia was slightly startled. It seemed that the other party had indeed investigated carefully and was able to grasp the core of the problem so quickly. But in order to avoid leaving any loopholes, he still pretended to ask about the cause and effect of the attack on the pure-blood nobles. Dumbledore also gave a very careful explanation.

Afterwards, Dumbledore added: "As for the school, we have taken necessary measures and questioned the people involved, but the results are very unsatisfactory."

"What we know now is that the administrator, Mr. Filch, learned about Mr. Yang Tian's whereabouts through a letter report, and also reminded Mr. Filch how to teach Yang Tian a bigger lesson by delivering a letter."

"And Professor Quirrell, who approved Yang Tian to patrol the Forbidden Forest, was also found by Filch because he thought Professor Quirrell was weak and indecisive and would be more likely to accept his suggestions."

"It was only after Filch's active persuasion that Professor Quirrell agreed to let Yang Tian patrol the Forbidden Forest."

"According to Professor Quirrell, Filch found him around six o'clock on Sunday afternoon to discuss the punishment for Yang Tian's violation of school rules. Since he has only been teaching at Hogwarts for a short time and his main focus is teaching, he cannot have a good control over the scale of punishment for students, so he mostly listens to Filch's opinions."

After that, Dumbledore looked at Snape, and Snape took out two letters and handed them over.

After taking it and opening it, Mr. Xia was surprised to find that the letter was not written, but was made up of words or letters cut from books or newspapers.

Seeing this scene, Old Xia frowned and said, "Interesting idea. Wouldn't magic writing be more labor-saving and less likely to be discovered?"

Yang Tian did not speak at this time, but fell into his own thoughts: on the one hand, he couldn't help but admire Penelope's accurate analysis. As expected, without any clues, Filch's seemingly famous brand was completely useless.

On the other hand, Quirrell's statement also made Yang Tian alert. If he hadn't known that there was Voldemort behind Quirrell's head, he might have believed Quirrell's lies. Now, I really laughed. Could it be that Voldemort was related to Sarok?

After reading the letter for a while, Mr. Xia asked again: "Are there any other clues?"

Dumbledore shook his head helplessly and said, "No, it seems that all clues have been cut off."

Elder Xia did not get angry when he heard this. Instead, he smiled and said, "Then let our people enter Hogwarts to protect the young master."

Before Dumbledore could speak, Snape replied with a grim expression: "There is no precedent for this. Hogwarts has never had such a precedent."

Caiyu immediately refused to accept it and retorted: "Is there a precedent of a young master of a family being assassinated by a mysterious organization in Hogwarts?"

Snape refused to give in and said, "No matter what, it's impossible to move in."

"Then how can you guarantee the absolute safety of my young master? On what basis can you guarantee it?" Caiyu retorted harshly.

At this time, the two men were glaring at each other, looking like they would not give up.

"I understand how you feel, but doing this is not good for Yang Tian's growth. Think about it, everyone. When there is a huge external gap between classmates, and even across classes, the rest will either be obedient, alienated, or even opposed. If you really want to do this for Yang Tian's own good, you probably don't want to see this happen." The speaker was Professor McGonagall.

Elder Xia smiled and said, "Then the question is back to square one. How can we ensure the absolute safety of the young master?"

"It would be perfect if we could find the mastermind behind this. At the very least, we have to remove the thorn in the school. But at the moment... Alas." Professor McGonagall pressed her frowning brows with her hand. She was really thinking about Yang Tian.

"Why don't we let our people try to search for clues?" asked Old Xia.

"Do you have any idea?" Dumbledore's eyes lit up.

"You can give it a try." After saying this, Old Xia handed the two letters to the five middle-aged men in green robes who were carrying white jade slabs on their backs.

After receiving the letter, the five people sat on the ground and formed a circle.

After placing one of the letters at the center of the circle, the five people closed their eyes and rested.

Suddenly, the five people opened their eyes at the same time and continued to breathe in and out in the same rhythm.

The next moment, they all moved in unison to take down the stone slabs behind them and put them in front of them. It seemed like five people, but also like one person.

This scene shocked all the professors at Hogwarts. Of course, this five-in-one operation was amazing, but what was even more incredible was that, based on the professors' experience, the current operation of the five people was obviously to trace back things!

The British wizarding world is no stranger to retrospective magic. For example, the Flashback spell is an investigative spell that traces back to the spells cast by the wand. This type of retrospective spell, tracing back to the source, still uses magic as a breakthrough point, and supplements and restores the remaining structure of the investigated spell.

But in this case, is it going to be a reversal of an ordinary item? How is it possible? It looks more like divination, right? This operation is not magic at all?

While everyone was stunned, the five people injected their magic power into the white jade slab at the same time.

The difference can be seen at this time. As the five people injected different magic powers, the five white jade slabs turned into five different colors: red, blue, gold, green and brown.

When five slates of different colors shined light on the letter in their respective directions, a magical scene occurred...