Chapter 497 Banquet
Just after Christmas, Li Zhuoguang received a letter from Malfoy, saying that he was invited to a banquet at Malfoy Manor. Li Zhuoguang thought it was a coincidence.
Both his plan and William's Werewolf Rescue Foundation needed a breakthrough point. Malfoy's invitation came at the right time. It would be a waste not to use such a fool.
Li Zhuoguang directly replied to accept the invitation. Not long after, Malfoy's reply came. He said that he would pick him up at Li Zhuoguang's residence this afternoon.
Li Zhuoguang, who saw the letter, contacted William who was drinking in Hogsmeade Village and asked him to bring a bottle of the most expensive wine when he came back.
Soon, it was afternoon, and a luxuriously decorated carriage drove into Hogsmeade Village. The carriage was pulled by two pure black horses without any other colors. Although Li Zhuoguang did not know much about horses, he knew that the breeder must have put a lot of effort just by looking at the horse's body shape.
The carriage looked ordinary, but the Malfoy family crest was printed on the door. However, the appearance of this car attracted the attention of many wizards in the village.
An older wizard recognized it: "This is the carriage of the Malfoy family. They have rarely used it since Abraxas passed away. The last time they used it, they probably went to welcome..."
"Shut up, didn't you see whose door the carriage was parked in front of?"
"No wonder it's so formal, it seems that Malfoy is also anxious."
"Humph, there were many families who chose the wrong side back then, most of them have fallen, and even those who have not fallen have been excluded. The Malfoy family is no exception. Now it's rare to have an outsider, so of course they have to work hard to win."
Seeing the carriage parked outside his house, Li Zhuoguang got on the carriage with the wrapped gifts. The driver was a house elf, although he was wearing tattered clothes, but he was the face of the pure-blood family.
For pure-blood families, using house elves is much more face-saving than hiring wizards. After all, hiring wizards only requires gold galleons. But having a house elf is not something you can do just by having money. You have to be rich from a long time ago.
The carriage was enchanted, and it ran very fast, and the things that blocked the carriage seemed to be separated by a pair of invisible big hands, making way to both sides.
Li Zhuoguang guessed that the carriage might have been enchanted with a magic similar to that on the Knight Bus. However, Li Zhuoguang did not feel any vibration when sitting in the carriage, and the riding experience was much better than the Knight Bus.
After a while, the carriage arrived at the gate of a manor. The iron gate of the manor opened automatically, and the carriage drove directly in, passed through the garden in front of the mansion, and stopped in front of the gate of the mansion.
Li Zhuoguang got off the carriage and found that the three members of the Malfoy family were welcoming him at the gate. He raised his eyebrows. This posture did not seem like the attitude of welcoming his son's classmates.
When you are polite to others, you must have something to ask for.
This is in line with Li Zhuoguang's mind. I'm afraid that he has no desires, which is really difficult to deal with.
Li Zhuoguang handed the wine to Lucius Malfoy at the right time, and the Malfoys also led Li Zhuoguang into the banquet hall. Li Zhuoguang looked at the family of three living in this manor, and the large and empty banquet hall.
Suddenly, I wanted to ask Lucius if he would be willing to donate half of his family property in exchange for the fertility of the Weasley family.
After sitting down in the banquet hall, Lucius began to ask Li Zhuoguang about his life and studies in school as if he was really Draco's classmate. And began to ask about Li Zhuoguang's family.
However, Li Zhuoguang was vague about this, after all, even he himself didn't know what his identity was in this world. Although he chose the world identity when he took this task. But this identity came particularly late, and there was no hint.
Since Snape started working for him, he also told him and Dumbledore that he was investigating his family. Li Zhuoguang said on the surface that it was to avoid revealing flaws and let Snape continue to investigate.
In fact, he also wanted to know what his character background was this time.
When Lucius asked about Li Zhuoguang's hometown again in a tactful way, Li Zhuoguang looked at him with a playful look: "So Uncle Lucius doesn't know yet?"
Li Zhuoguang certainly knew that the only way for Snape to investigate his family was to write to Lucius and ask him to help investigate. After all, he had a bad temper. Even though he was a potion master, he still had very few friends. He didn't know how an arrogant person like Lucius could get along with him.
Lucius heard Li Zhuoguang's question and knew that the other party knew that he was investigating him. If he pretended to be stupid again, it would be a bit rude. He glanced at Narcissa, who was pulling Draco to leave the banquet hall.
"Your gift has been delivered this afternoon. Let's go and see what you received this year."
Draco was not a child who knew nothing, but he still obediently let his mother hold his hand and left the banquet hall. He just looked back with some worry when he left.
He was not worried about Li Zhuoguang, but his father. He knew very well that his father could only use simple silent spells, but Li Zhuoguang could cast dark magic silently and without a wand. If they really disagreed, his father would be in great danger.
So after leaving the banquet hall, Draco called the house elf at home: "Dobby, go to the banquet hall and hide in the dark to observe. If there is anything wrong, take your father to a safe place and come to pick me up."
Narcissa looked at Draco in surprise.
Draco explained: "There is one thing I haven't told you. He formed a club in school. I was also in it. I once saw him release powerful black magic without a wand and silently.
Although he said it was not black magic, it was more powerful than many black magics."
"Why didn't you say it earlier?!"
"I thought you really just wanted to have a good relationship with his family, so you invited him to dinner."
Narcissa explained: "That was our original plan. But if he has this kind of strength, we can't just treat him as a child from an ally family.
Let me think about it. I'll go to the warehouse to find a precious magic item as a Christmas gift for him, and remind Lu by the way."
Narcissa asked Malfoy to stay in the room first, and she went into the family's warehouse. But she was a little troubled when she saw the full warehouse of black magic items. Although these things were all good things, when the relationship between the two sides was not so close, sending black magic items was undoubtedly handing over her handle.
Narcissa waved her wand and kept searching in the storeroom. Finally, she saw a notebook in a corner. There was no trace of black magic on the notebook. But it must not be an ordinary notebook. Narcissa waved her wand to clean the dust on it and unfolded the notebook.
It was empty and there was no sign of use.
She thought about it, walked to Lucius's study, and wrote some words on the notebook to try. Sure enough, the words written on it disappeared, and then a line of words appeared on it: Hello, I am happy to serve you.
Narcissa immediately wrote: Do you know how to use the unlocking spell?
The notebook immediately responded: The spell is "Alaho Opening", and the key to casting the spell is...
Narcissa closed the notebook and thought it was safe. I don't know which ancestor's learning props it is, but this kind of thing is perfect for a student. It's a pity that it was not discovered earlier, otherwise it would be used on Xiaolong first, and his grades might be improved a little.
Back in the banquet hall, after learning that Li Zhuoguang was now in charge of everything for his family in England, Lucius began to take Li Zhuoguang seriously and decided to have a frank talk with him.