Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

"It seems that some people always forget some key things, such as being expelled from the family." Snape said sarcastically, "But it's not surprising, a dog's brain is twice as small as a human's."

"Snotty, feel free to come if you want to find fault, I'll accompany you at any time, but remember to wash your underwear this time." Blake retorted, seeming to mean something.

Snape's eyebrows twitched suddenly, and the scars in his heart were roughly ripped apart, a feeling that only Black could give him after James' death.

"You seem to have forgotten that you don't have your good brother by your side now." Snape gritted his teeth and said, "In a one-on-one match, you have never been an opponent."

"Really? Some people always think that B plus P is greater than S, and S must be greater than either B or P, but the fact is that S is just a waste who can't wash underwear, hair and mouth.

"you!"

Dumbledore pursed his lips. This scene was also a headache for him.

It seems that the memories of the student days are still as profound even after more than ten years

He has to be careful not to let these two people work together in the Order of the Phoenix.

The Black jailbreak incident came to an end in this way, but the subsequent impact is still slowly fermenting.

According to Lockhart's request, Dumbledore took Lockhart out of most of the incident, saying only that Dumbledore captured Black himself, and that Peter Pettigrew was tracked down by the Ministry of Magic's Law Enforcement Department. under arrest.

Lockhart gave half of the credit for catching Pettigrew to the Auror office, and never mentioned that he caught Black, just because he didn't want to get the notoriety of backstabbing his boss, even if there were thousands of reasons for him I don't want to either.

Other colleagues don't care about the many twists and turns behind this matter, as long as Lockhart handed over Black, then some people will suspect his purpose, which is very detrimental to his development.

Anyway, as soon as the Triwizard Tournament is held, he will get the credit directly, and no one can take it away, so why should people criticize such a trivial matter?

Robards of the Auror office appreciated his sympathy for this, because as time went on, the task of the Auror office gradually changed from chasing down black magicians to wizards dealing with petty theft and illegal experiments with spells. It has been stated several times that they will cut their funding.

If they have no sense of participation in this Black prison escape incident, then I am afraid

Not only will the above think they are useless, but even the public will gossip about them.

Fudge was naturally overjoyed after learning about this unjust, false and wrongful case. Although Crouch was unable to run for minister because of his son, Crouch's influence still remained in the Ministry of Magic, especially the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. There are still many people inside who miss Crouch's iron fist policy, so it is always a ticking time bomb.

If you really want to defeat Crouch, you can't just gain an advantage by attacking him personally, because that belongs to personal morality, not justice.

But now there is an excuse to attack Crouch's policy, because Crouch allowed his men to bypass the judicial system to enforce the law, so a descendant of "Holy 28 Pure Blood" was sent to prison without trial- — What could be better than this situation?

Rita Skeeter lost no time in releasing her elaborate new work——

"...It turns out that procedural justice may be cumbersome, but it is necessary to ensure the legitimate rights of every citizen.

Mr. Crouch wanted to counter violence with violence, and for a short time he gained efficiency, but he also succeeded in lowering his own moral standards to the same level as the man who cannot be named.

This unjust case is not so much an accident as it is an inevitability that will happen sooner or later under this guiding spirit.

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a public outcry over this, because it means that every hero, every son, every good young man with a living life could at any moment be framed as a dirty criminal... "

Fudge looked at this text and felt refreshed, but he automatically ignored Skeeter's provocative text from the perspective of civilians.

"I thought that woman was only provocative, but I didn't expect that she could write such a well-organized article." He said to his deputy.

Damn it, Minister... Shall we take this opportunity to pull Barcrack off his horse?" Qu Xu asked.

"No, no, no, how can I be so unfeeling to my colleagues?" Fudge shook his fat fingers and said, "How can the friendship of so many years of colleagues be wiped out because of a small mistake? Besides, people Everyone makes mistakes, don't they?"

The deputy's eyes widened—is this person in front of him Fudge?Could it be that someone drank the compound soup?

"For things like this, of course we have to let him handle it by himself, don't we always give people a chance to correct themselves?" Fudge said solemnly, "I want you to quickly summarize this matter, write a report, and then send Go to Mr Crouch and tell him he'll take care of it himself and that the Ministry will support him... whatever he decides."

The deputy was puzzled at first, but then suddenly realized.

"I understand." He said, "This is a public relations crisis that concerns the entire Ministry of Magic, and I will definitely gather the opinions of everyone in the Ministry for Director Crouch's reference.

Seeing his enlightenment, Fudge nodded in satisfaction.

"Great, that's it, let's go!"

The deputy hurried out of the office to find someone in order to spread the influence of this incident, while Fudge started to have another headache.

He is going to be the director of the Department of International Magic Affairs and Cooperation, but who should be sent to mix the sand?

Chapter 220 Eight Brother Young Master's Surplus

Barty Crouch reacted much calmer than Lockhart imagined after learning of this incident

For this unjust, false and wrongly decided case, Crouch expressed his willingness to take responsibility for it, but he refused to admit that there was something wrong with what he did back then.

"I would like to ask you to recall the situation - many Aurors had family members who died at the hands of the Death Eaters, they were full of anger, and they just wanted to take their legitimate revenge. If the Ministry of Magic did not allow it, they would immediately resign.

As leader, I cannot ignore their wishes, otherwise we will fall apart before Voldemort breaks into the Ministry of Magic - not everyone is Harry Potter"

What Crouch said was well-founded, neither humble nor overbearing, and the Ministry of Magic officials who came to investigate his dereliction of duty even couldn't help but nodded.

If Crouch was from a half-blood wizard or Muggle family, then the pure-blood family would definitely hold on to this matter until he gave a satisfactory statement.

However, the Crouch family is also a member of the Holy 28, so this is purely an "internal conflict within the ruling class". In addition, the relationship between Sirius Black and other pure-blood families is not very good, and no one wants to be here. Do a deep dive on the matter or stand up for him.

So the final result made Fudge very disappointed. The final punishment given by the investigation committee was a fine of 200 Galleons. At the same time, Crouch was ordered to apologize in the newspaper and restore the reputation of Sirius. This punishment can be said for Crouch It is painless.

Fudge once hoped that Black would be relentless, but after seeing Crouch's public apology letter in the newspaper, Sirius had almost no reaction. He just sneered and turned the newspaper to the entertainment section, and began to pay attention to it ministry of magic program

Introducing a new film from the wizarding world next year.

"Is it all about romance, comedy, and horror?" Blake muttered while reading the newspaper. "Please, bring in more action movies. It's too boring."

"...Obviously there's another drag racing movie called "Bones Into Me." Lockhart rubbed his temples nervously and said, "Excuse me, can you go outside and read the newspaper? I have to work."

"Hey, isn't it your job to work for people like us?" Sirius said mockingly, "Don't think I don't know, they've already taken the big head, and the rest of your jobs are just a lie."

Although he was a dog at the time, he was not very interested in these things, but Lockhart did not hide it from him when he was in the office, so Sirius knew a lot of "insider transactions".

Lockhart suddenly regretted it. In order to control the situation, he put this guy in his office to guard, but the price was that the dog listened to too many things.

"Yes, Mr. Blob O Black." Lockhart retorted, "Can you please continue to sit at the door, as usual."

Black's frivolous smile restrained a little: "Don't call me by that name! I'm older than you!"

"Unfortunately, everyone who has seen your behavior will not think so." Lockhart put on a business-only expression, "If possible, please do not disturb our work, thank you, Mr. Briquette."

Blake froze for a moment, then looked left and right, and Gemma's cold expression on the side also didn't seem to welcome him.

He immediately showed a narrow smile: "I understand, did it delay your talking in the office? It's okay, I know what's interesting."

Gemma blushed slightly and coughed twice.

She also knows who the big black dog is now—although she has repeatedly confirmed that she has never said anything inappropriate in the office, after all, there are still some private conversations, such as playing petty temper, acting like a baby, There are also various behaviors of discussing with Lockhart how to consider the "future".

In order to explain to the public, the Ministry of Magic played down Sirius' escape behavior, did not deliberately emphasize how he had embarrassed the Ministry of Magic, and only said that Sirius bypassed the dementors through the secret magic of the Black family. guard.

But Gemma obviously couldn't hide these things, and Lockhart didn't hide them from her, but told her all these things.

Since he was restored to his original state, Black was told by the Ministry of Magic not to wander around casually for the time being, and the Ministry of Magic paid him to live in the Three Broomsticks for a period of time.

The Ministry of Magic did not allow Black to go outside Hogsmeade until his arrest warrant was withdrawn and his innocence was known to all wizarding families, otherwise it would inevitably happen that he was backstabbed by a terrified wizard while walking down the street. accident

And Sirius was so happy—Hogsmeade was the closest place to Hogwarts, and he was very happy that he could be closer to Harry.

And after Black signed the consent form for Harry as godfather, now Harry can also come to Hogsmeade in a fair manner.On weekends, he can eat and watch movies with Harry, and cultivate "father-son friendship".

As a result, this guy ran to the Shrieking Shack because he was too bored, which annoyed Lockhart and Gemma too much.And the girl's family has a thin skin, so some things are hard to say, and Lockhart can only deal with them.

After trying again to no avail, Black finally recovered a little bit of normalcy.

"Okay, I'm not joking with you... It's really boring." Sirius threw the newspaper aside, "I'm here for business this time."

"Business? Are you talking about the wand?" Lockhart thought he was here to ask for a new wand, "That needs to be confirmed by the Ministry of Magic, and Mr. Ollivander will come to order it for you in person."

system. "

"No, no, I didn't mean that." Sirius denied, "That will happen sooner or later, I'm not in a hurry."

"What's that?" Lockhart wondered.

"Look at what you asked, what else can I do with you? Invest!"

Black's words made Lockhart speechless for a moment—it seemed that what this guy said was really serious.

"Investment? You mean you're going to buy a house in Hogsmeade, too?" Lockhart asked.

Black shook his head again and again: "I won't live in Hogsmeade for a long time, it's too boring here, I'm going to London, to New York, to Milan, to Tokyo, to Amsterdam, and the land here has already been allocated by you, right? Don't mix it up."

It was only then that Lockhart remembered that this guy had been eavesdropping for so long, and his understanding of Hogsmeade's plans might be only a little less than his own and Gemma's.

"So what are you going to invest in?" Lockhart asked.

Sirius suddenly showed a sly smile, which reminded Lockhart of the expression on the face of "Balball" after successfully deceiving the chicken leg from Dobby.

"Oil." He said, "There are so many purebloods who have shares, and I should also participate, shouldn't it be too much? And with Remus watching over there, I can rest assured... People can't just sit and eat, right? I Gotta have kids."

This guy is such a chicken thief.Lockhart sighed in his heart.

He didn't ask how Blake knew that oil was so profitable. He must have let the guy who pretended to sleep overhear part of him secretly explaining to Gemma why he chose to invest in oil.

"How much money do you have?" Lockhart asked bluntly.

"Not many, and I haven't counted them." Black replied indifferently, "When I bought the Firebolts a few days ago, I went to look at them, and got rid of those antiques, works of art, and utensils.

And rubbish stuff like gems, about... 50 Galleons in cash.How about I take half of the investment? "

"It's really not much." Lockhart said angrily, "It can probably cover the operating expenses of the oil field for a month."

On the contrary, Black was taken aback: "Did it cost so much? No wonder you only accept shares from rich people. It is estimated that ordinary wizarding families will not even have the opportunity to buy shares...Dumbledore may not be very happy to hear this. "

Hearing his question, Lockhart knew that the bastard had definitely only eavesdropped on half of their conversation when he eavesdropped on them. He only knew that this thing made money, and he hadn't paid much attention to how to operate it.

"You insist on buying shares?" Lockhart pressed.

Black fully demonstrated the flamboyance of the rich boy: "I'm sure, there is no other channel anyway... By the way, there is one more thing, where can I sell the car in the movie last night? How much does it cost?"

"That Aston Martin?" Lockhart deliberately suppressed his arrogance. It's 5 pounds, which is about 2 Galleons. Are you sure you want to buy it? "

Hearing this number, even Sirius was taken aback for a moment.

"Uh... I'd better think about it again." He gave up.

Of course Lockhart was trying to scare him—although Aston Martin is very expensive, in its seven bankruptcies in more than 100 years, each bankruptcy will produce a batch of low-priced cars. So expensive.

Although the bankrupt car may have the problem of being in stock for too long, this problem does not exist for wizards, and it is a new car when you buy it.

And Lockhart didn't tell him that the antiques in the Black family's treasure house were likely to be worth more than that pile of gold.

Lockhart himself has worked so hard (by swindling) to earn so much money over the years, but his wealth is still not as much as Sirius inherited.

In the foreseeable future, Lockhart is likely to still work for these wealthy people, while Sirius can travel around the world and spend money smartly.Even after Harry finishes "charging" during the holiday, he can take Harry abroad to play and live an "ordinary and simple" life in his mind.

Just like the Aston Martin that Sirius liked, the founder of this brand, Lionel Martin, is as ordinary and simple as Sirius. He first went to Eton College and then Oxford University. After graduation, he has been being himself What I like to do, I focus on doing my favorite racing car. It was not until I was on the verge of bankruptcy several times that I suddenly realized the truth that starting a company should make money.

In the words of knowing the king, it is one by one, "Maybe this is life."

Chapter 220 Nine Crouch's Counterattack

The fact that it was Dumbledore who had captured Black: no one at the Ministry of Magic, not even Crouch, suspected it.

- On the one hand, it is because Dumbledore does have this ability, and on the other hand, Crouch also feels that only people from Dumbledore's family would directly bring this matter up regardless of their own face.

And this timing was too good to be true. Seeing that Hogsmeade's transformation was about to be completed and the Triwizard Tournament was about to be held smoothly, this matter suddenly appeared, which inevitably made people not think about it.

In addition, Mr. Crouch knew that Dolores Umbridge had visited the prison, although it was to trouble Dumbledore and Lockhart, but what happened behind the scenes... who knows?

Crouch is very suspicious, is it because he has been dormant in the Ministry of Magic for too long? Many people have forgotten how he controlled most of the Ministry of Magic back then. If he doesn't make any moves, everyone will probably think he's easy to bully.

"Gidlow, Blake was really caught? So was Pettigrew?"

Lockhart, who was reporting to work, had to stop to answer his boss's question.

"Yes, and Dumbledore used lynching and veritaserum for interrogation." Lockhart betrayed the headmaster without hesitation, "Do you need to make a fuss about this?"

"No, if this is also a problem, then didn't I go too far back then?" Crouch asked self-deprecatingly, "Besides, even if this matter is spoken out, it won't hurt him, and the Lions will only get hurt because of it." More support for their principal."

The reason why Crouch asked this question was actually just to see how Lockhart would choose

Which side to stand on, and Lockhart's reaction also answered him-"I'm on the side of power

That's enough, and Crouch doesn't expect a newcomer and an arrogant person to be loyal to him. If Lockhart swears that he will go to the dark with him, he will feel that there is a problem.

So he began to make arrangements: "The biggest thing now is the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament. We have received a lot of sponsorship for both of them. Now is the time to prepare for the promotion... Do you have any ideas?"

"of course."

This is what Lockhart was waiting for. For this reason, he collected a large number of effective classic advertising cases from the Muggle side, and carefully selected some that were more in line with the social conditions of the wizarding world. In official documents.

Mr. Crouch looked at it after taking it over, and then put it aside.