The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 284 The Zhang Family's Arrangements

Mundungus never imagined that the massive Himalayan avalanche that occurred in the winter of 1987 would bury a Chinese shaman.

Moreover, this Chinese wizard is also the next head of the Zhang family.

Even without looking, Mundungus could imagine how bad Old Master Zhang Ye's complexion must be.

The Zhang family's hostile gazes, like sharp arrows, shot towards Mundungus.

Mundungus, on the contrary, became clear-headed. He quickly got up, determined not to admit that Moriarty or Lockhart had caused the Himalayan avalanche.

Your grandson was rendered a vegetable by an avalanche. If you want to blame someone, you should blame the avalanche or the Himalayas. Why blame Moriarty?

What?

You're saying Moriarty triggered the Himalayan avalanche?

I'm sorry, I don't know.

Does the book contain any passages or plots about Moriarty triggering an avalanche?

If you have any, please show them!

If you don't have it, don't make things up.

Mundungus not only read "With Slytherin in the East," a bestselling novel that swept across Europe, but also remembered every detail of it.

He remembered clearly that it didn't say Moriarty caused an avalanche to bury the black wizard.

The book explains the cause of the avalanche as follows: One of the undead fire crows crashed into the snow mountain, wiping out the Yeti tribe in a suicidal attack, thus triggering the avalanche.

For some reason, when they arrived in China, Grandpa Zhang Ye suspected that Moriarty had caused the avalanche. Perhaps it was a translation error?

But no one can be blamed on us British wizards; it's all that damned undead fire raven's fault!

Once Mundungus understood, he immediately spoke these words confidently and completely.

The Zhang family members thought this made sense; they couldn't doubt others without prior knowledge.

Grandpa Zhang Ye smiled and told Mundungus that he was merely providing his clansmen with a direction for their investigation.

Mundungus nodded in understanding, and Old Master Zhang Ye said with a forced smile, "Speaking of which, our two families are quite destined. A once-in-a-century avalanche connected my grandson's middle school with your Slytherin in England."

"Ah, so they've fought side by side." Mundungust, not understanding Old Master Zhang Ye's intentions, just laughed it off.

Grandpa Zhang nodded slightly, glanced at Mundungus, and then turned to his clansmen. Mundungus breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the old man had finally changed his target.

But before he could even feel happy, he heard Zhang Ye raise his voice and shout, "All clansmen, sit down!"

The Zhang family obediently sat down.

Without the slightest hesitation, they all sat down on the ground.

This scene once again amazed Mundungus.

"Those who can speak English, please stand up!" Zhang Ye shouted.

With a "whoosh," half of the Zhang family members stood up.

Mundungus was confused, then heard Zhang Ye shout, "Those who have dealt with the British, please continue standing; those who haven't, please sit down."

Half of the Zhang family members sat down.

"Those who own property in the UK, please continue standing; those who don't, please sit down."

This time, only a little over two hundred members of the Zhang family were standing.

Mundungus glanced at them and noticed that most of them were overseas Chinese, as well as a few people of higher status in the Zhang family.

Zhang Ye carefully examined these people for a while, then made his next request in a deep voice.

"Those of our clan who currently live in the UK and whose children are studying in the UK, please stand up. Those who do not, please sit down."

One after another, people sat down, and Mundungus saw that only 34 men remained standing in the square.

"Raise your hand if your child is 11 years old or older. If you don't have any, you can sit down."

After Zhang Ye finished speaking, seemingly having stated his demands, he stepped down from the platform and walked into the square.

At that moment, only one man out of the 34 people raised his right hand, and the remaining 33 people all sat down.

"Very good." Zhang Ye nodded in satisfaction and walked up to the man, who gave a brief report: "I am Zhang Tingshan, the 85th generation descendant. My daughter's given name is Qiu, and she is 11 years old."

"You're the 85th generation?" Zhang Ye laughed. "Then Xiao Zhang Qiu would be the 86th generation, making her my cousin from junior high."

Zhang Tingshan nodded, then asked Zhang Ye what he wanted him to do.

Zhang Ye sighed, his gaze turning serious.

"In light of the changing international situation, my Zhang family has reached an agreement with the prestigious British school, Hogwarts, that our family will send one of our clan members who is at least 11 years old to study at Hogwarts!"

Zhang Tingshan frowned: "You mean, send Zhang Qiu to England to study magic?"

He knew about the existence of magic; he and his wife both worked at the British Ministry of Magic, albeit in low-ranking positions.

That's exactly what I mean.

Zhang Tingshan glanced warily at the clan leader and whispered, "Is it so that Zhang Qiu can investigate that Slytherin?"

"I didn't say that," Zhang Ye shook his head, but added, "Besides, Xiao Zhang Qiu is still young. She's only 11 years old. The Zhang family hasn't fallen so low as to make a little girl bear responsibility."

Zhang Tingshan immediately understood and sighed, "She will eventually grow up..."

"Then let's wait until she's older."

Zhang Ye patted Zhang Tingshan on the shoulder three times, as if sealing Zhang Qiu's fate.

At this moment, Mundungus reached out his hand, which was particularly noticeable.

"Ah, Patriarch Zhang Ye, I must remind you that Hogwarts is not a simple school."

Before the start of the school year, none of us dared to say which child would be admitted, right? Do you understand what I mean?

In fact, Mundungus had already put it very tactfully.

He disliked the tone of Zhang Ye and Zhang Tingshan's voices, as if they were treating Hogwarts like their own home.

This made him, a wizard who graduated from Hogwarts, very annoyed.

He achieved his goal, and Zhang Tingshan said something that conveyed the same meaning.

"My wife said that Hogwarts only accepts young wizards with magical abilities, but Cho Chang has not shown the slightest sign of magical ability so far."

Zhang Ye let out a "whoosh," then laughed, "Perhaps little Zhang Qiu has already awakened her magic, but she doesn't want to tell you?"

"And Mr. Mundungus—" he shouted, "I think Hogwarts will accept Cho Chang, because she is a member of the Chang family."

Mundungus sensed the pride and confidence in her words, smiled, and said, "Let time prove it. If Cho Chang is really accepted into Hogwarts, the owl will deliver the message in the next few days."

However, instead of sending it to Longhu Mountain, it was sent to Zhang Tingshan's home.

Zhang Tingshan was very interested in the principle of how owls deliver messages, and he talked about it with Mundungus. Zhang Ye didn't care and quickly disbanded the tribe.

It seems that gathering tens of thousands of clansmen was just to find a child who was 11 years old or older and send him to Hogwarts to learn magic.

However, Mundungus knew things weren't as simple as they seemed, and he decided to report to Dumbledore as soon as he returned home.

At the same time, Moriarty and his party entered the magic shop. The men of the Tsuchimikado family couldn't help but take a few more glances at the two shikigami from the Tokugawa family following behind them.

Jericho caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye and grinned mischievously, "Now the Tsuchimikado family will mistakenly believe that our family has connections with the Tokugawa family. When I get back, I'll have my father make some demands of the Tsuchimikado family."

Simon looked at Jericho with some shock, seemingly not expecting a child to be plotting against his partner.

Moriarty and Lilith, however, were used to it; Jericho, after all, was an old Slytherin.

"But there's one thing I must warn you," Moriarty said to Jericho, "Your family had better not get too close to the Tokugawa family; their patriarch is a filthy man."

Simon chimed in, and Jericho asked Simon why. Simon simply said it was his intuition.

Upon learning that Simon was an appraiser, Jericho raised an eyebrow, seemingly lost in thought.

Soon, the group entered the palace and saw its furnishings.

There was absolutely no learning atmosphere; at first glance, Moriarty thought he had arrived at Malfoy Manor.

Jericho laughed: "Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder it's a school supported by two of the most powerful families in Japan. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, no one would believe that the school has such luxurious furnishings. They would just think I'm bragging."

"How can students learn magic well in such an environment?" Lilith expressed deep doubt. She was not a sarcastic person and rarely cared about other people's business, but today, she couldn't help but feel this way.

(End of this chapter)