Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

The Hog's Head is a small pub in Hogs Meade. .A tattered wooden signboard hung from rusty brackets over the door, with a picture of a severed pig's head, blood seeping through the white cloth it was wrapped in.

Zhang Xu walked into the bar and found that there was only one small, dark, and very dirty room, which exuded a strong smell of lamb.The bay windows were thick with grime, barely letting in the light from outside, and candle stubs were burning on rough wooden tables.At first glance, I thought the ground was compacted mud, but when I stepped on it, I realized that centuries of dirt had accumulated on the originally stone-paved ground.

Zhang Xu only saw such a poor shop when the black workshop that was confiscated was broadcast on the news.

Before entering the store, Zhang Xu put on the hood of his robe to cover his face.

Just like other guests in the bar, Zhang Xu walked to a table in the corner with his head down and sat down.

There were many customers covering their faces in the Pig's Head Bar, and Zhang Xu's behavior did not attract attention.In other words, only those who walked in openly would appear to be out of place here.

After ordering a cup of butter beer and putting it on the dining table, Zhang Xu sat on a chair and closed his eyes to rest.

A few minutes later, Zhang Xu opened his eyes when he heard footsteps approaching him. A wizard in a black robe with his face hidden in a hood sat across from Zhang Xu.

The wizard on the opposite side was sitting on a chair, twisting his body unnaturally from time to time, looking out of place with this place.

"Can't you meet in another place?" said the wizard.

"Do you want us to meet at Madame Puddife's teahouse?" Zhang Xu replied.

Zhang Xu's answer obviously choked the wizard opposite.

"Don't worry about these details," Zhang Xu said, "What do you think of this business?"

The wizard replied, "The price you asked is too low. The quantity you want is too much, and it is too dangerous. If it is found out, I will be in great trouble."

"The price won't be higher. 998 galleons have already reserved enough profit margin for you. Although those things are a bit troublesome, I don't believe it's a big problem for you," Zhang Xu said.

"You know, I'm being targeted by that red-haired guy, and if he catches me, we'll all be in trouble," the wizard explained.

"I don't believe that your family has no way to hide secrets. Well, you can supply them in batches. This is the bottom line." Zhang Xu said.

"If you can give me a promise, then I will agree to this condition." The wizard said.

"What promise?" Zhang Xu asked.

"If something happens in the future, I hope you can protect my son," said the wizard.

"As long as we cooperate happily in the future, our family can provide shelter for your son without harming my family's interests." Zhang Xu said.

"Deal," said the wizard, "I will let my son inform you when the goods are ready."

"Okay, I will send someone to pick up the goods then." Zhang Xu said.

"Some families are very dissatisfied with the current magic world." The wizard said after hesitating for a moment.

"Hmm." Zhang Xu was a little strange.

"They are opposed to our families trading with you, so they are trying to find a way to destroy the current situation." The wizard said.

"How many families like this do you think?"

Zhang Xu asked.

"There are less than five of them. We're not going to have trouble with money," replied the wizard.

"Then what are their plans?" Zhang Xu then asked.

"Some regrettable accidents happened to you." The wizard left after finishing speaking.

Zhang Xu looked at the butter beer on the table, looked at the environment in the store, and finally didn't dare to drink it.

After leaving the dirty and messy Pig's Head Bar, Zhang Xu came to the streets of Hogsmeade Village, taking advantage of this afternoon to go shopping again.

Zhang Xu visited the Wenrenju Quill Pen Shop and bought some quill pens for home use.

Then he stopped by Fairy's wizarding clothing store and bought a dozen woolen socks for winter.

After leaving Zuko's magic joke shop, Zhang Xu saw a temporary shed on the side of the road, crowded with students who wanted to buy things, including several wizards living in the village.

Curious Zhang Xu also squeezed past, and found that it was the stall where Percy and the others sold the first issue of the youth magazine, and then he paid for a copy and returned.

Holding the newly bought magazine, Zhang Xu entered the Three Broomsticks bar, found an empty table, ordered a cup of hot mead, and read the magazine while drinking.

On the cover of the magazine is a picture of a basilisk jumping at students with its mouth open, and in the corner is a picture of students from two years ago hugging each other and shivering.

Open the magazine, the first part is about the first few attacks of the basilisk.

The title of the first article was Shocked by the Serious Injury of a Pure-Blood Girl at Hogwarts.

In this article describing Ginny's injury, first interviewed Madam Pomfrey who was treating Ginny at the time, and then exaggerated the vagueness of Ginny's injury, and accompanied it with a picture of Ginny tied up all over her body after treatment. A photo of a man in a bed covered in bandages and unconscious.

The article also implies throughout the article that the murderer is extremely vicious, whether the victim is an 11-year-old girl or a pure-blood wizard, he will cast vicious spells on each other.

When Zhang Xu finished reading this article, if he hadn't checked Ginny's body at that time, he would have thought that the girl in the article was dying and dying soon.

The title of the second article is whether the attack of a cute cat in the middle of the night is a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality.

This article introduces the matter of Mrs. Norris being petrified on Halloween a year ago. The whole article implies that the murderer will not let you go, no matter whether you are a two-legged person or a four-legged cat.

The title of the third article is a teenager visiting friends late at night, and this kind of thing happened. The title of the fourth article is that it can make people die twice. Really, everyone is scared to death

Zhang Xuguang knew what the content was just by reading the title.At the beginning, he talked too much and gave Percy and the others a way to shock the department, but Percy and the others played it all up.

The content of the second part of the magazine is a positive interpretation of some policies recently issued by the Ministry of Magic.Zhang Xu could tell at a glance that the officials of the Ministry of Magic who had been positively reported were all with Percy and the others.

The third part is written by students who have been to Huaxia this summer about what they saw and heard during the exchange visit.Fortunately, these articles still record what they saw and heard in the form of travel notes, and have not yet issued a cry of "body loss and fart thinking".

After reading the entire magazine, Zhang Xu found that Percy and the others had done a good job. The content was attractive and able to draw some people to his side.

Zhang Xu looked at the sky and it was getting dark, so he finished his hot mead and went back to Hogwarts to have a big meal.