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Chapter 873 What happened back then

"Then why didn't James Potter let Dumbledore be the secret-keeper? Even if he was his own secret-keeper, nothing would go wrong!" Draco was a little confused.

"Perhaps only James knows this!" Ou Mengmeng smiled. She was an old woman, and she would think the worst of everything. She was not as evil as Dumbledore, but this old man was definitely not innocent. They had set up a trap, waiting for people to fall into it. What did you mean by a secret keeper? Sacrificing the interests of a small number of people to achieve the interests of the majority was the path he had always believed in. Just this, she would not tell these children.

"So any normal person would guess that James Potter's secret keeper would be Sirius Black. Isn't it a bit stupid for them to do this?" Hermione said hesitantly.

"You have also read Muggle detective novels. If the person everyone thinks is the murderer at the beginning, it is very likely that he is not the murderer in the end." Ou Mengmeng smiled.

"My dear, you are too arbitrary." Hermione shook her head quickly. Although she also felt that there were many doubts now, whether it was the appearance of the secret keeper or the development of each step, it made people feel suffocated as if every step was a designed plot.

If Ou Mengmeng knew what she was thinking, she would definitely pat her on the shoulder and say, "Dear, you got it, that's it." Otherwise, how would the story develop? But I really can't say it!
"Of course! I asked Hagrid. You know, Hagrid was the first to arrive at the scene and took Harry away. Hagrid told me what happened at the time..."

[It was I who rescued Harry from his family's house after Lily and James died! I had just pulled him out of the rubble, poor little thing, with a long gash on his forehead, and his mom and dad were both dead... Then Sirius Black showed up, riding his old flying motorcycle. I had no idea what he was doing there. I didn't know he was Lily and James' Secret Keeper. I thought he had just heard about the You-Know-Who attack and came to help. The kid was pale and trembling. Do you know what I did? I comforted that murderous traitor!" Hagrid roared.

"How do I know he wasn't upset about Lily and James? He was concerned about You-Know-Who! Then he said, 'Give me Harry, Hagrid, I'm his godfather. I'll look after him -' Ha! But I had orders from Dumbledore, so I told Black I couldn't, and Dumbledore said Harry was going to his aunt and uncle's. Black argued with me but then gave in and told me to take Harry on his motorbike. 'I won't be needing it,' he said."

"I should have thought there was something fishy going on. The motorcycle was his favourite thing, why would he give it to me? Why didn't he have any use for it? The fact is, it was too easy to track. Dumbledore knew he was the Potters' Secret Keeper. Black knew he had to flee overnight, knowing that the Ministry of Magic would be looking for him in a few hours."

"What would happen if I handed Harry over to him? I bet he would throw the child out of the car in the middle of the sea. The son of his best friend! When a wizard joins the dark forces, he will not care about anything and will not recognize anyone..."]

Thinking about Hagrid's angry look at that time, I believe that no matter how many times he said it, he would continue to say it. Ou Mengmeng knew what happened, but she had to listen to Hagrid's words again, otherwise, she couldn't prepare. Just like now, she can use these as clues to tell her good friends.

"According to what Hagrid said, there is indeed no problem. What do you think is wrong?" Draco said after thinking about it.

"Hagrid has no brains! These analyses should have been what everyone said when he told Dumbledore and the others, so he took it for granted." Ou Mengmeng looked up at the sky. Over the years, she actually had no hope for Hagrid's intelligence. She could only believe that he could speak so fluently, and these words were the conclusions of his constant discussions with others. He said so much that he couldn't remember what was true and what was false.

"So, there are only three useful things in Hagrid's words. First, Hagrid went earlier than Sirius, and Sirius rode a flying motorcycle." Ou Mengmeng raised the first finger, and everyone nodded, understanding what Ou Mengmeng meant. If he was a traitor, he would not be so late. "Second, he fought for the custody of Harry, because he is the godfather and he will take good care of him. After failing to fight, he gave the motorcycle to Hagrid and said that he would not need it in the future." Ou Mengmeng raised the second finger. This, everyone did not understand. But Ou Mengmeng did not want to say it now, and raised the third finger, "Dumbledore knew that he was the Secret Keeper!"

"We don't quite understand the last two points." Hermione said quickly.

"I'll explain it later. After I asked Hagrid, I felt there was a problem, so I went to ask the members of the Magical Law Enforcement Team who were chasing Sirius. Among them was my grandfather's friend. At that time, he was brought back by 20 members of the Magical Law Enforcement Team. And they told me that at that time, Sirius was lying on the shattered bones of Pettigrew, laughing up to the sky. Moreover, he did not resist, otherwise, only the well-trained strikers of the Magical Law Enforcement Team would have some chance of winning."

"Suspicion number four, he didn't resist. He left Harry's house and went to look for Pettigrew?" Hermione held up four fingers, but immediately turned around. This was a new name. "Who is Pettigrew?"

"Peter Pettigrew?" Ten years have passed, and even Draco might not know who Peter Pettigrew is.

"The four robbers, led by James Potter, Sirius Black; Remus John Lupin; and Peter Pettigrew." Kechery hurriedly handed over photos of the four people.

This was taken in Sirius' room. Because of the reinforcement spell, his parents couldn't take it down. However, Kechery had a camera, no, it should be said that the Black family had a camera, so they couldn't take a photo? Kechery took the photo to prove to Harry that they were close friends. I didn't expect to use it now.

Ou Mengmeng looked at it. There were four Hogwarts students standing together with their arms linked, laughing at the camera. Their unruly black hair stuck up behind their heads like Harry's, and they were also wearing glasses. This was very similar to Harry. Without asking, you could tell that this was James Potter.

Next to him was Sirius, handsome and unrestrained, with a slightly arrogant face and a youthful happiness on his face.

Standing on Sirius' right should be Pettigrew, who was more than a head shorter than him, chubby, with moist eyes, and was excited to be able to join this coolest group and make friends with admired rebels like James and Sirius.

To James's left was Lupin, looking a little scruffy even then, but he also had that look of surprise and joy, and of course, a little reserved.

　Wuhan is really hot, so hot. It feels like it has never been this hot before.

　　(End of this chapter)