Chapter 35 Grand Inspection

Gryffindor Tower, eighth floor, in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady, Xia Ran was about to say the password, but the portrait suddenly opened on its own initiative, and it turned out that Professor McGonagall just climbed out of it.

"Professor Frémont?" Professor McGonagall looked a little surprised.

Xia Ran said: "Professor McGonagall, can I go in and say a few words?" After a pause, he continued: "You and I will work together in pairs later to inspect the safety of the castle."

Although Professor McGonagall felt confused, she nodded and said, "Come in." She shrank back again.

As a result, the students of Gryffindor House saw Professor McGonagall crawling halfway in the passage, and immediately turned back and followed Professor Frémont into the lounge.

They thought there was some bad news to be announced, and suddenly their faces showed a bit of fear. They looked at each other nervously, and then they all looked at Xia Ran intently.

Xia Ran came to the Gryffindor common room for the first time - he was a Hufflepuff graduate - but he didn't have time to take a closer look. Instead, he glanced around with electric eyes. He saw Ginny Way. Sly had a frightened expression on her face, and she looked very nervous, especially when Xia Ran's eyes fell on her.

Xia Ran stopped for a moment and then passed over again. He didn't want Ginny to know that he had found Riddle's diary, which would disturb the fragments of Voldemort's soul and lead to unpredictable things happening, which would be detrimental to the situation.

"Professor, have you caught the murderer? Is the basilisk lying down?" George Weasley asked loudly.

Xia Ran shook her head and said: "There are currently no clues or discoveries about the heir of Slytherin, and the basilisk has not been caught yet."

"We can help, Professor, we are very familiar with Hogwarts!" Fred volunteered.

"It's not allowed!" Professor McGonagall suddenly became extremely serious, looked at the Weasley twins with stern eyes, and said, "This is not something you should worry about! Our professor will deal with the basilisk!"

Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at each other secretly. They believed that Draco Malfoy was the heir of Slytherin, and began to make polyjuice potion in order to infiltrate the Slytherin public. In the lounge, ask Malfoy personally for the details of the facts.

But their efforts are obviously in vain. Draco Malfoy is not the heir of Slytherin, but he has more conflicts with them now. However, judging from the development of the plot later in the original time and space, Draco Malfoy is not the heir of Slytherin. He is not a wizard who is hostile to Muggles. He and his wife have abandoned the theories of "Muggles are like ants" and "pure-blood supremacy" in their son's education. Otherwise, how could Harry and Ginny's youngest son be related to Malfoy's? An only son becomes the closest best friend?

Now it is mainly due to the greater influence of his parents and the fact that he has not experienced various events during Voldemort's reign. His concept has not completely changed, but Draco Malfoy is just like Dumbledore said, he is not a cruel person. A murderer!

The three of them looked at each other and felt that there was no evidence that Draco Malfoy was the heir of Slytherin. In order to avoid alerting the enemy and causing Malfoy to take the initiative to destroy the evidence, they decided to be patient and wait until they got the key evidence. .

But they are destined to be disappointed.

"I think you should stay in the lounge. No one is allowed to go out after sunset..." Xia Ran looked at Fred and George, as well as the trio of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They were very A little wizard with a Gryffindor spirit of adventure.

The five of them avoided Xia Ran's sight in a tacit understanding, but when they bumped into each other, they were all slightly startled.

Xia then said a few more words. He came mainly to find an excuse for his subsequent actions.

"Okay, Professor McGonagall, let's go out."

Xia Ran turned back and left the Gryffindor common room, and Professor McGonagall followed him out.

"We patrol Gryffindor Tower," Professor McGonagall said, pulling out her wand.

Xia Ran also pulled out the wand in the wizard's robe. They must thoroughly inspect Hogwarts Castle today, although this is probably unrealistic, because even Dumbledore doesn't know how many secrets there are in Hogwarts Castle. , which is the accumulation of countless wizards over thousands of years.

Teachers and ghosts walked in pairs in the corridor. No one dared to be alone. Dumbledore strictly ordered that at least two people should be present.

At this time, it was only early 11 o'clock in the morning. The teacher ghosts patrolled several times but found nothing useful. So at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, under the escort of the teachers, students from each college went out together and went downstairs. In the auditorium, they began to fill their already hungry stomachs. After all, they didn't have lunch at noon, they just had breakfast.

After dinner, the teachers uniformly sent the students from each college back to the common room. The sun was almost setting at this time, and the teachers did not allow any student to leave the common room. In their opinion, this was the time to The most dangerous time!

The teachers had a hasty dinner and then patrolled Hogwarts Castle together to check if there was anything unusual.

Until the middle of the night, there was still no useful discovery, and there was no trace of the basilisk, so the teachers returned to the office one after another to fall asleep.

Xia Ran had been thinking about how to reveal the location of the secret room, and he finally had an idea before falling asleep.

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In the next few days, the castle was under full martial law. Students could not move alone and had to be escorted by teachers or ghosts.

One day in the faculty lounge, Lockhart suddenly and excitedly made a suggestion, hoping that the professors would agree.

"In order to improve the students' ability to deal with danger, I decided to open a dueling club, led by me - Gilderoy Lockhart, recipient of the Order of Merlin, Third Class, and five-time winner of the Wizarding Weekly Most Charming Smile Award ——Served as the honorary president of the club - of course, on a temporary basis - I hope you can all agree!" Lockhart said, looking at the teachers in the lounge with excitement.

Xia Ran was overjoyed and secretly thought that this incident had finally come to pass. If Lockhart didn't propose the formation of a dueling club, he would do so. Harry's Parseltongue would not be exposed to the public, and he would not be able to take the next step. .

Needless to say, Duel Club is a great opportunity!

"this is a good idea……"

Before Professor McGonagall finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lockhart. He looked at Professor McGonagall with dazzling eyes and said, "So, Professor McGonagall, do you agree?" He then looked at Other professors asked: "Does everyone have any objections? I will ask Professor Dumbledore one last time. He will definitely agree to my small request."

With that said, he left the staff lounge and went straight to the principal's office on the eighth floor.

Professor McGonagall looked rather annoyed and said, "Although I will agree, can he wait until I finish speaking?"

"He has always been like this." Snape said with a look of interest on his gloomy face, "I want to go to this dueling club to have a look."