Chapter 32: Spotting the Spy

The Christmas banquet looked magnificent in the auditorium. A dozen Christmas trees covered with silver frost complemented the thick crisscross ribbons of mistletoe and holly on the ceiling. The sky above the auditorium was enchanted, and warm and dry snow flakes fell gently from the ceiling.

Everyone ate the exquisite and luxurious food with gusto. After the dinner, Xie Lin, who was in a rare relaxed mood, took a walk in the corridor before walking slowly towards the Slytherin common room. .

At the entrance to the lounge, Schelling saw Goyle and Crabbe pacing back and forth anxiously, as if they were not allowed in because they had forgotten the entrance code.

The corner of Xie Lin's mouth raised slightly, and here comes the interesting plot. With Xie Lin's magic eyes, it can be seen at a glance that the magic power of the two people in front of him is much more condensed than that of Goyle and Crabbe. According to the plot, this The two people must have been disguised by Harry and Ron using Polyjuice Potion in order to get the inside story of the Chamber of Secrets from Draco.

Another interesting discovery is that Polyjuice Potion can only copy a person's appearance, but not a person's soul, magic and other characteristics - this is of course very reasonable, otherwise the duel between the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix wouldn't have become Thirty Voldemorts versus thirty Dumbledores?

Xie Lin walked forward and said hello to the two of them. After saying the slogan "Purebred", he pretended to help the two of them enter the lounge and waited for Draco together. The three of them sat in the lounge, chatting wordlessly and thoughtfully, waiting for Draco's return.

It's not that Harry and Ron have never thought of prying directly from Schelling, but Schelling's always enigmatic image made Harry a little hesitant, so he subconsciously overturned this idea.

Not long after, Draco came back from outside, holding something like a newspaper clipping in his hand.

After he saw the three of them, he approached with a strange expression. In his impression, Xie Lin and the two fools were not friendly. In other words, Xie Lin had always been a maverick in Slytherin, except for Daphne and Merry. Dis, and other classmates have always had an invisible sense of alienation.

Schelling might appear to be approachable and gentle to everyone, but Draco knew clearly that Schelling looked down on them in his heart, especially the pure-blood supremacy students.

Although he felt a little weird, Draco didn't think much, he still approached the three of them excitedly, and eagerly handed the newspaper clipping to Crabbe (Ron).

"You'll laugh when you see it," he said.

Crabbe (Ron) opened his eyes in astonishment, quickly read the clipping, smiled very reluctantly, and handed it to Goyle (Harry).

The clipping was taken from the Daily Prophet and it read: Arthur Weasley, Director of the Office for the Suppression of Misuse of Muggle Articles, was today fined fifty Galleons for bewitching a Muggle car. The enchanted car crashed at Hogwarts earlier this year, and one of the school's trustees, Mr. Lucius Malfoy, recently called to ask for Mr. Weasley's resignation. "Weasley has ruined the reputation of the Ministry of Magic," Malfoy told this reporter. "He is obviously not suitable to make laws for us. His ridiculous "Muggle Protection Act" should be abandoned immediately."

The subsequent dialogue is exactly the same as described in the original work, so it is omitted here.

"Draco, don't talk about Weasley, talk about the Chamber of Secrets and the heir of Slytherin." Goyle (Harry) said tentatively, "You must know something about who manipulated all this."

"You know that I don't know, Goyle, how many times do you have to tell me?" Draco snapped. "Dad refused to tell me anything about the last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened. Of course, that was fifty years ago. It happened before, and he wasn't born yet, but he knew everything. He said it was all confidential, and if I knew too much, it would look suspicious. But I do know one thing: the secret room last time. When it was opened, a Mudblood died. So, I dare say a Mudblood will die this time, it's just a matter of time... I hope it's Granger," he said with relish.

Sherrin looked at Draco with a somewhat displeased expression, "Brother, Hermione is my friend. Also, I hope you can learn to use language carefully. I don't think the word mudblood should be used in Hogwarts." It’s a smart thing to say, right?”

"Oh, I know." Draco looked a little embarrassed. Before school started, Lucius had specifically told him to learn more from Xie Lin. It was hard to disobey Xie Lin on the surface at this moment, but he didn't feel like it in his heart. I thought so.

Xie Lin saw that Draco's words were not sincere and had to lament that old habits die hard. The idea of ​​pure-blood supremacy that had been instilled in the family since childhood was deeply ingrained and it was indeed not easy to change.

Crabbe (Ron) clenched his big fists. Goyle (Harry) quickly gave him a warning look, and then said: "Do you know, was the person who opened the secret room last time caught?"

"It is said that he was caught and then expelled." Draco said, "You can check the student directory from fifty years ago. Whoever he is, he is probably still in Azkaban."

He shifted restlessly in his chair and said, "My dad told me to stay out of the public eye and let the Heir of Slytherin get on with it. He said the school had to be cleansed of all Mudblood filth and not to get involved with this." Of course, he has a lot to do now. You know, the Ministry of Magic suddenly raided our manor. Fortunately, my father had some very valuable secrets. My secret room is located in——"

Xie Lin coughed twice, and Draco looked a little frightened. He knew that he had almost revealed some family secrets that should not have been leaked. If Xie Lin reported to Lucius, Draco would definitely be in pain. After being beaten, Draco suddenly showed a flattering expression, "Xie Lin, we are two good brothers, you will not cause your brother to be beaten, right?"

Suddenly Crabbe (Ron) groaned "Whoa!" and saw that his hair was turning red and his nose was slowly growing longer - their time was up. Ron was changing back into himself, and Harry knew from the frightened look he suddenly gave him that he must be starting to come back to his old self as well.

They both jumped up at the same time, trying to escape the Slytherin common room.

Before Draco could react to the idiot's sudden move, Schelling shook his left hand, and the wand slipped out of the hidden pocket on his sleeve and fell into his hand. He stretched out his hand to block the way of Harry and Ron, revealing a secret with superb acting skills. With a look of realization, he said, "Two Gryffindor classmates, pretending to be my Slytherin students without consent, sneaked into the common room and wanted to leave without explaining their words clearly?"

When Harry and Ron saw that their deeds were revealed, Harry made a quick decision and rushed towards him, intending to take advantage of Goyle's tall and strong body to grab the wand and engage in hand-to-hand combat. Ron reacted a moment slower than Harry, but he immediately woke up and rushed towards Draco.

Schelling held the wand in his hand and sneered. Although Harry's reaction was quick, it was still weak compared to the fast spell casting that he had practiced day and night. Just when Harry's arm could barely touch Schelling, Schelling cast a spell. Already done - a perfect full body binding spell knocking Harry to the ground.

Draco was used to being pampered, and his reflexes were even worse than Sherrin's. As a result, Ron pinned him to the ground and beat him so severely that he didn't even have a chance to pull out his wand. Although Draco's physique and strength had improved a lot due to Quidditch training, Ron was far inferior to Crabbe's body shape and condition.

Seeing this, Xie Lin could only shake his head secretly. It didn't matter that Draco didn't react quickly enough, but his adaptability was too poor - if it were Xie Lin, even if he was pushed to the ground, he would have at least ten ways to fight back. .

Sherrin used Transfiguration to turn a stool into a rope. The rope automatically pulled Ron away from Draco, and then tied Ron up in circles. Draco was rescued at this moment, but there were at least three bruises on his face at the moment, and many holes were torn in his expensive wizard robe. His hair was disheveled and he was in a very embarrassed state.

Fortunately, during the Christmas holiday, most of the little snakes in Slytherin chose to go home for the holidays. There were only a man and two women in the lounge at this time, so not many people saw Draco's miserable condition, otherwise Malfoy would have The family's face suffered.

Despite this, Draco fell into this embarrassment, his whole face was burning with shame, every nerve in his mind was filled with pain and humiliation, and his eyes were burning with angry flames, thank you Lin could feel that he was like a wild beast that had lost its mind and was about to go berserk.

He pulled out his wand and aimed a curse at Ron. This was a crushing curse. If it hit Ron, it would probably cause serious injuries like a shattered fracture. However, as soon as the curse flew in front of Ron, he was struck by a transparent curse. blocked by the barrier.

Draco turned to look at Xie Lin, his eyes full of madness and hatred, "Xie Lin! If you still think of me as your brother, get out of my way now!"

Xie Lin stood in front of Harry and Ron who were lying on the ground, blocking them behind him, looking at Draco and shaking his head, "Brother, calm down, you have lost your mind now, they have been captured by me, no If you try to resist them, you will only be punished by the school, and I will not get out of the way."

Draco pursed his lips tightly, and was so angry that even the hand holding the wand was shaking. Although he was very angry with his brother for blocking him, the only reason left in his mind also knew that his brother was right, but emotionally he couldn't do it anyway. He was willing to compromise on this, so he still pointed the wand at Xie Lin and the two people lying behind him.

The man and two women in the lounge witnessed the whole thing. They first saw Draco being beaten badly, and then they saw Xie Lin easily taking care of the two of them. Now they looked at the brothers in the confrontation. The two of them didn't know what to do.

Until Xie Lin broke the silence with a greeting, "Hey, which classmate can help me and notify Professor McGonagall or Professor Snape to come over, there is a fake infiltrator in our college!"

After one of the girls heard about it, she hurried out of the lounge to find the professors.

Professors McGonagall and Snape came over. They also found Goyle and Crabbe who were stunned in the cabinet in the hall.

After understanding the whole incident clearly, Professor McGonagall turned blue with anger, "It's unbelievable, Potter and Weasley, you two made illegal potions, stunned classmates, pretended to be classmates, sneaked into other people's colleges, and are still doing things..." For assaulting Malfoy with the intention of assault - no, a hundred points will be deducted from Gryffindor, and you two will have to go to the Headmaster with me!"

Although Draco had intended to cast a curse on Ron, he did not succeed in causing harm, and because he was blinded by anger at the time, he was not punished. Instead, Professor McGonagall looked at Schelling for calmly resolving the conflict and gave Slytherin 50 points.

After Professor Snape gave Schelling a meaningful look, he followed Professor McGonagall, Harry, and Ron to the headmaster's office; while Draco, Goyle, and Crabbe were sent to the school hospital by Schelling and the three people in the Slytherin lounge.

Later, it was heard that in the headmaster's office, Snape suddenly exploded in anger and strongly demanded the expulsion of Harry and Ron, while Professor McGonagall strongly opposed it, but she was obviously not confident enough, after all, Harry and Ron violated at least 100 serious school rules this time, and some classmates were hurt as a result.

The two argued for a while, and finally the biased Dumbledore made the final decision, exempting Harry and Ron from expulsion and only giving them two weeks of detention. However, after seeing Snape's extremely gloomy face, he also promised to give Slytherin some compensation. After bargaining with Snape, Snape left angrily.

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