Chapter 121: Roll Is Finished (Updated)
The scene in front of him made Xie Lin unbelievable.
There are at least a dozen iron cages in the storage warehouse, and in each iron cage there is a naked woman - there is obvious yellow mucus on the joints of their eyelids, which is a sign that the eye disease spell has been released, and their lips It was closed tightly and unnaturally, obviously due to the effect of some kind of lock tongue and throat sealing spell. Their hands were tied behind their backs, and their feet were tied together with another rope. They were lying on the ground like a worm.
Even Xie Lin, a man of two generations, was stunned by this scene.
With his magic eyes, he could see that most of these women were Muggles or squibs, with almost zero magic fluctuations in their bodies, but one of them was a real witch, and he was sure that she was abducted. Go Griffith.
Scrimgeour and Robards also came in, their faces equally ugly.
Of course, they all knew what was going on in the Black Crime Square and were mentally prepared for the scene inside. However, when they saw it with their own eyes, their inner turmoil could not be calmed down for a long time.
"These bastards..." Robards couldn't help but curse, "Do they even have the most basic moral integrity to do such a thing?"
"Uncle Scrimgeour..." Schelling said slowly, his tone terrifyingly cold, "Are these the crimes that the Ministry of Magic has condoned for so many years?"
Scrimgeour had already been holding back a hot anger in his chest. When Schelling said this, his eyes widened like bells. "I must admit that the Ministry of Magic may have been too indulgent in the past, Schelling," he said. He said decisively: "Now, uncle, I promise you that I will definitely correct this mistake, even if it means losing all my wealth and life!"
This time, even Robards didn't dare to say anything to dissuade him.
After all, the cruelty and evil of Black Crime Square shocked him greatly.
Schelling was indeed right about Scrimgeour.
He is a deep man, he is an ambitious man, he is also a Slytherin, and he understands the essence of protecting oneself wisely and doing whatever it takes, but he does not lack the sense of justice and character that an Auror should have. In the original book, although he did many wrong things, such as arresting a conductor as a Death Eater, and doing whatever it took to maintain the prestige of the Ministry of Magic, in the end he was willing to sacrifice his life for Harry's safety.
There is still a bottom line in his heart, and the tragic scene before him undoubtedly crosses his bottom line!
The two guards were arrested on the spot.
Scrimgeour used a special communicator to call in other Aurors and rescue these women one by one. Their memories will be rewritten and then handed over to the Muggle government.
Schelling was not involved in what happened next. He refused Robards' escort and returned to Diagon Alley, then Flooed back to the school.
He believed that in this case, Scrimgeour would definitely deal with the mastermind severely. What's more, after all his Auror subordinates saw this scene, it would not be so easy to completely suppress the matter - don't forget, one of his Auror subordinates also had a sacred background. Kingsley Shacklebolt of 28 pureblood family.
Two days later, on Tuesday morning, Schelling received two owls.
The first was from Philbert Devrill, his partner at Puddlemere United. Devrill had already panicked and ran out of ideas after Griffith disappeared, so he could only cling to Gwenog Jones. Even though he knew it was probably useless, he could at least maintain a glimmer of hope. See if you can get even a little compensation back to reduce your losses.
What he lost was not just the transfer fee of a mere 1,000 Galleons.
His poaching operation this season has begun to bear fruit. Puddlemere United finally bid farewell to the decline of the past few years and showed a very eye-catching performance this season, rising to the second place in the league. Nipping at the back of the Balikas bats.
This is still the performance of the team in the running-in period. He is confident that the team will definitely have a chance to challenge for the championship next season.
What followed was a rapid increase in the number of fans of the team, hot sales of tickets and peripheral products, and a skyrocketing market value of the team (and the net worth of shareholders)...
Unfortunately, after Griffith disappeared, all this may have come to nothing...
And his troubles are coming one after another, with the rapid loss of fans and fans, the sudden drop in demand and prices for tickets, the shrinking of the team's market value, and the dissatisfaction of investors with strong backings against him...
When he received Schelling's letter and saw Schelling asking him to postpone his attack on Gwenog, he was still unwilling to do so! In his opinion, Schelling did not suffer any personal pain (the transfer of such risks was specified in Schelling's contract), so it gave him the feeling of standing and talking without pain in his back.
Unexpectedly, less than three days had passed before Schelling rescued Griffith. His surprise was far beyond the financial gain. This was because he, with his shrewd businessman's thinking, had already keenly grasped the situation. Aware of the power Xie Lin held. To be able to contact the director of the Auror Office and use the power of the Auror to rescue people in such a short period of time, how much energy is needed behind it!
As smart as he is, he understands the value that Schelling represents - his huge network of contacts and his hidden intelligence capabilities. Such a person is definitely worth his efforts to make friends with.
So, in this letter, in addition to the normal thank-you letter, Schelling also received a big gift - the share transfer agreement of Puddlemere United.
Yes, Deverill clearly understood the importance of tying Schelling tightly to his chariot. He decided to make the interest relationship between Schelling and himself closer, so he transferred some of his shares to Schelling for free. Now, Schelling's shares in Puddlemere United have reached one-third!
[Puddlemere United shares obtained! ]
The second letter was sent to him by Scrimgeour. Under the effect of the truth serum, the two guards revealed the mastermind behind it, which turned out to be Thorfinn Rowle of the Rowle family!
The rumor that Thorfinn Rowle was lustful by nature was actually not a secret among the upper class of the pure-blood family. It is said that in addition to his wife who was married in a formal way, he also kept seven or eight lovers outside.
He had been collecting Muggle beauties outside and trained them into slaves through magic. In addition to selling them for money, he also tried them in advance to satisfy his evil desires.
With the testimony of the witness, Scrimgeour knew that speed was of the essence. He summoned all the Aurors, strikers, and investigation teams in one go, divided them into dozens of teams, and raided the Rowle family's industries and secret bases across Great Britain (from the two guards). As expected, Thorfinn's private concubines were found in many places. They were all fed "Eros Locking Potion", which was the most effective love potion, enough to make them extremely dependent and obsessed with Thorfinn.
With both witnesses and evidence, Thorfinn could not clear his name this time. His sentence of being sent to Azkaban was a foregone conclusion.
On the same day, Thorfinn knew that his deeds had been exposed. He knew the consequences of entering Azkaban, so his first thought was to escape!
However, he was neither an Animagus nor knew the art of human transfiguration. After escaping several times by using short-distance Apparition, he was finally caught by the Aurors. It only took two days from the time Sherin broke into Black Crime Square to the time Dolphin was arrested. It can be seen that without internal constraints, the Aurors were very efficient when they really did their work.
Because Dolphin's behavior had caused public outrage, the Ministry of Magic handled the matter with the highest efficiency. On the same day that Dolphin was caught, the Wizengamot unanimously passed the trial and sent him to Azkaban for immediate execution!
The incident of Dolphin Rowle attracted great attention from the society. The people could not believe that there was such an evil in the wizarding world. For a while, the public opinion demanding that the Ministry of Magic vigorously rectify Knockturn Alley became the new mainstream.
The public outrage was hard to calm down, and the officials who were closely related to Knockturn Alley all chose to shut up in time and dared not say a word for Knockturn Alley.
On the same day, the ancestral home of the Rowle family was attacked.
All the direct descendants of the Rowle family in the ancestral house disappeared mysteriously, and the books, antiques, and valuable furnishings in the ancestral house were cleared out one by one, and the Rowle family's industry in Great Britain changed hands unknowingly.
Miraculously, this incident did not attract much attention. The Ministry of Magic seemed to turn a blind eye to it, and the major media did not even report a single word.
The Rowle family's industry was divided up by the pure-blood families who heard the news. However, for some strange reason, the news of the Rowle family's loss of power and distress did not spread quickly. When most of the pure-blood families heard the news and rushed over, only leftovers were left.
Although they did not understand why, they also became wary of the few families who took the biggest share first.
Especially when the family that took the largest share was not the Malfoy family, which was in its heyday, but the Greengrass family, which had always been low-key. Of course, the performance of the Malfoy family was not bad, ranking second.
It would be fine if these two families had this power, but the family that took the third largest share was not Malfoy's old allies Parkinson and Burke, but the Nott family.
In the eyes of the pure-blood family, Greengrass, Malfoy and Nott belong to three interest factions, so this means that there are at least three sources of intelligence at the source - the intelligence capabilities of these three families are better than others.
Of course, this is all the work of Schelling.
Since he noticed Draco's abnormality, Schelling has also developed some complicated feelings for his family. He has lived two lives and knows that power corrupts people's hearts. At least he is not stupid enough to be unguarded against his family.
Strictly speaking, the object of the alliance between the Greengrass family and the Nott family is Schelling himself, not the Malfoy family. In the current situation where the family's attitude is unclear, it is particularly important to distinguish between oneself and the family's resources.
Giving benefits to Greengrass and Nott can make their alliance relationship closer. At the same time, according to the agreement with them in advance, part of the industry they have taken will be returned to Schelling, of course, in the case of secret transactions in secret. In this way, no one knew that Sherin was the biggest beneficiary of this incident.
Sherin received the property ownership of three shops in the southern part of Diagon Alley from Gareth. These three shops have been rented out, and the leases have been signed for several centuries, so Sherin can be a landlord with peace of mind and live a life of collecting rent.
Old Nott was also very generous, after all, things came easily. From him, Schelling got an underground gambling house in Knockturn Alley, which specialized in accepting various bets on the Anglo-Irish League, Pegasus Races, Broom Races (that is, football games, horse racing, and car racing), as well as the property rights of a shop in Diagon Alley.
The shop was vacant, and when Schelling saw the house number, his brows jumped. The house number was 93 Diagon Alley. Isn't this the place where the Weasley twins planned to open a shop in the original book?
At this moment, four words popped up in Schelling's mind-"This shop will be popular."
[The property rights of four shops in the southern area of Diagon Alley were obtained! ]
[The underground gambling house in Knockturn Alley was obtained! ]
1) Pegasus Races comes from JKR.com's monthly wizard. The only known Pegasus Racer is Laurencia Flatwalker
2) There are two broom races, one of which is participated by Britain and Italy, from "The Book of Spells", flying from Aberdeen to Rome. The second is the "Annual Flying Broom Race" which has been going on since the 10th century. It is a grand event in which countries all over the world participate, flying from Koparberg to Arjeplog, 300 miles away.