Chapter 1182 The Sound of Carriages in the Black Market

"Mr. Guild Leader, just now someone used the teleportation door in the hall above... It looks like it came in from the outside, you see?"

"Don't worry about coming in and out, most of the people they come in now are people who come to investigate. For example, those Aurors and strikers from the British Ministry of Magic... In short, no matter who comes, it has nothing to do with us! Besides, they have to spend money to come in anyway - but whose money is it, this is obviously not that important!"

In the underground vault of the Dark Spirit Pavilion, there are many goblins coming and going. They were either sitting in mine carts, wandering along the tracks, or gathered in twos and threes to complain about the hardships of the world.

And even the goblin guild leader of the Wizards Guild in the Dark Spirit Pavilion seemed a little bored at the moment.

There is no way, due to repeated turmoil in the black market, the once bustling business field of Dark Spirit Pavilion has become more and more deserted. And the goblins of the Dark Spirit Pavilion who lost a lot of income all of a sudden, have become long-faced every day recently, and their motivation to continue working has become less and less.

So, when the fog began to gradually cover the entire black market, the head of the fairy union of the Dark Spirit Pavilion simply brought all the fairies into the underground vault.

Because he felt that, instead of staying on it, which would be dangerous and not earn Galleons, it would be better to disguise the buildings on both sides of the entrance passage as if they had already been attacked, and to avoid the limelight this time as a priority.

"Yeah yeah! We just have to wait for them to put in the ticket money of three silver Sickles per person!"

The other goblin standing next to the guildmaster spoke sharply, holding a thick cigar in his hand, and was trimming the opening for the guildmaster.

Having said that, he suddenly raised his head and said flatteringly to the head of the trade union:

"To tell you the truth, I actually quite support that Hai Erbo - they are wizards anyway, since he can help us reduce the population of wizards, maybe when the next session of the International Federation of Wizards begins, we fairies can also I have won a Senate seat! At that time, I will definitely support Mr. Union President to be elected!"

"Confederation council?"

The head of the goblin trade union immediately shook his head.

"Let's let Gringotts get involved in this kind of thing! Don't forget, our Dark Spirit Pavilion has been responsible for handling underground affairs since ancient times...Of course, I'm happy to see some wizards die! Maybe all the heirs of a big treasury down here will die, and once the claim period expires, we will be able to have an extra income.

"

Even though at his current age, he would definitely not wait until the end of the claim period, but he would still feel very excited when he thought of the increase in the book value of the Dark Spirit Pavilion in the future.

"But if that's the case, why don't we cooperate directly with that Hai Erbo?" The elf who was cutting a cigar was puzzled when he heard this.

"No, there's no need for that," the guildmaster waved his hands, "It's just that we don't help each other! After all, despite the fact that Hai Erbo's troubles are not small, but McLean of Hogwarts also He's not someone to mess with... we shouldn't act rashly without knowing the result!"

...

Hermione didn't know that she had already guessed correctly before - the collapse and damage of the Dark Souls Pavilion and the gallery outside the passage was indeed a disguise created by the goblins.

Of course, it doesn't seem to be that important to her whether it's a disguise at the moment.

"Ron, don't get too far away! And Ginny, you too... Although it's hard to see if this is the source of the fog, it doesn't look like a safe place, so everyone should be more vigilant. "

Right now, the four of them had left the ruined Dark Spirit Pavilion and came to the street outside. The old street lamps on the street were still emitting light, but under the influence of the gray fog, the magic hanging lamps, which were not very bright at first, became obviously more dizzy.

In this way, walking on this not-so-wide street, Hermione only felt that at any moment, she might see dark wizards rushing out from the dark alleys nearby, and make a surprise attack on them.

However, after the four of them walked carefully on this street for a while, they realized that they hadn't even seen a single person, let alone a black wizard!

It must be said that there are really many shops along the street in this black market, and in the alleys behind the shops, there are countless old and new buildings that look like private houses.

But what about people?

"I suddenly felt that it was not a wise choice to come here to find someone..." Hermione said a little annoyed, "I thought that the black market was just a shopping street about the size of Diagon Alley. Corner Alley and Knockturn Alley combined are many times bigger..."

As he was speaking, he couldn't help shaking his head.

"Even if Fred and George are really here, the possibility of us finding them is too small! Rather than wandering around, I think we might as well go back and wait by the entrance!"

"Oh, that's a good idea," Ron nodded in agreement immediately, "Ginny, Luna, why don't you go and guard there? The four of us are running around in the streets and alleys together. After all, it's inefficient. It’s so easy to miss out on them.”

However, Ginny was obviously unwilling to go to the Dark Spirit Pavilion to guard the passage.

"Why don't you go?" She pursed her lips and said, "Don't make me wait in the same place, I can't wait!"

"Shh-"

The two were talking, but Luna raised her index finger beside her mouth, signaling them to stop talking. Then, she turned her ears sideways, as if she heard something.

Seeing this, Hermione also concentrated on listening to the movement around her, but found that she didn't hear anything.

After a while, she saw Luna tilt her head in confusion, and couldn't help asking in a low voice:

"Luna, what's wrong?"

"Hmm..." Luna blinked her big gray eyes, and said a little puzzled, "I seemed to hear someone talking just now, it was a female voice...but the voice was too vague, I couldn't hear her clearly What are you talking about?"

"Female?" Hermione frowned and thought for a while, and then said with a puzzled expression, "Why didn't I hear it... Then have you heard where the sound came from? Also, what does that sound sound like?" age?"

Hearing this, Luna shook her head hesitantly.

"No, I don't know." She said, "It seems to be near here, but it seems to be far away... The voice is very vague, and it seems to be quite young... It's strange."

Although it is not clear who made the "female voice" that Luna heard, or even whether she heard it wrong. But thinking that Mrs. Weasley was the only woman they were looking for so far, Hermione felt that it might be better to ignore that voice.

After all, who knows if that's the effect of some dark magic that lures others into the bait?

"Anyway, as long as it doesn't sound like Mrs. Weasley's voice, then don't worry about it!" She pondered for a moment, then waved her hand, "Let's move on! Ron, Ginny, wait Go around here, we can leave a code mark of the Order of the Phoenix at the entrance, this should prevent us from passing by your parents and brothers..."

It is undoubtedly a very unwise thing to act separately in such a seemingly dangerous place. That's why she always asked everyone to stay together, instead of choosing the obviously more efficient search separately.

However, because the people in the black market had either escaped from here, or had already hid in places they thought were safe and secret enough, the four of Hermione walked through the streets and alleys for a long time without seeing a single person.

The entire black market seems to have turned into a ghost town full of fog and empty.

Just when the four little friends thought that they would keep searching in this oppressive dead silence and finally found nothing, they suddenly heard a strange sound approaching from far away.

"Click-click-click-"

When the four of them heard the voice, they all turned their heads and subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice—obviously, the voice this time was not only heard by Luna like before.

"It seems...it came from the main road just now?"

This time, Ron was the first to speak, and he was looking at the other end of the alleyway behind him. The fog and darkness made him unable to see anything no matter how hard he tried.

"Hermione, should we go and have a look?" Ginny looked hesitant.

On the other side, Hermione nodded when she saw Ron and Ginny looking towards her.

"You have to go and see," she shrugged, "don't you?"

It can be seen that she is actually a little worried about what it is and whether it will put the four of them in danger. But who can guarantee that it is not the sound made by the person they are looking for?

Thinking of this, Hermione took the other three and walked back quickly. They walked quickly, but they were also very vigilant, and they all tried to lighten their steps as much as possible, so as not to attract the attention of others.

But as they got closer to the main road, they finally heard what the noise was.

"...It should be a carriage!" Hermione lowered her voice, and quickened her pace as she spoke, "And...we may not be able to catch up."

Sure enough, when the four of them hurried back to the side of the street to look outside, they found that they could no longer see anything outside, only the sound of kicking horses' hooves and the friction of wheels rolling on the brick road gradually faded away. .

"Are we... are we going to catch up?"

"No, no," Hermione shook her head immediately, "No matter how you think about it, it's impossible for Fred and George to pass by here in a carriage."

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