Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

At Hogwarts, each headmaster has his own management style.

The former headmaster, Dumbledore, was not so strict in the management of Hogwarts details due to his years of dedication to the cause of rebellion.So in recent years, Zhang has had a lot of room to make trouble.

Now that Professor McGonagall is in power, the students have begun to find that the shackles on their heads are getting tighter and tighter.At least the night tour students are not so relaxed now. Mai Miao, who would open her eyes and close her eyes when she was not the principal, will suddenly jump out of nowhere, and then detain the caught students. point.

At the same time, Professor McGonagall strictly grasped the bottom line of Hogwarts that "women can't be born, and men can't die". Recently, she has caught several pairs of students who almost misfired.

So when she received a message from a ghost about a girl entering Professor Zhang's dormitory before going to bed, she immediately went to the dormitory of the key target to arrest her.

Along the way, Professor McGonagall's face was a little gloomy. It was she who told Astoria herself that Zhang Xu helped solve their sister's curse, in order to make her feel more at ease.

Professor McGonagall is also prepared for Astoria to thank Zhang Xu, but now she is alone in the dormitory in the middle of the night. What will happen to her under such favorable circumstances? I have seen a lot in my educational career.

Especially Zhang Xu, who is restless in this regard, Professor McGonagall has almost no trust in him.Back then, Mr. Zhang met Furong in Beauxbatons, and she brought it by herself. It's not like she didn't hear the gossip among the students. The girls who want to have something with Mr. Zhang over the years are enough to play a Quidditch match. Yes, although none of those girls succeeded.But this does not mean that Zhang can be taken lightly. Three years ago, he dared to take his girlfriend back to the dormitory with the acquiescence of the two principals. In the past two years, he has attacked other professors, and this year he hooked up again. The tenants at home, even my niece, almost got in

Thinking along the way, Professor McGonagall's wand appeared in her hand at some point.

Originally, Professor McGonagall wanted to push the door directly into Zhang Xu's dormitory, but at the last moment, she suddenly thought of what happened to Sneow, and had to knock on the door instead.

The door of the room was opened in the next second, and Professor McGonagall walked in. After seeing the situation in the living room, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At least the clothes of the three people in the living room were all neatly dressed.

uh three people

Professor McGonagall looked at the extra professor in the living room with some surprise.

"What's the matter, Professor McGonagall?" Zhang Xu was also at a loss.

"I heard that some students left the common room when it was time to sleep, so I came to take a look." Professor McGonagall said in her businesslike tone.

Astoria twitched on the sofa a little uneasy. Her actions tonight had indeed violated the school rules, and the most important thing was that she was caught by the principal on the spot.

It's not easy for Zhang Xu to excuse Astoria at this time, although it's really okay for her to come here tonight, just to thank himself.And he called the girl to his dormitory at night, if the news got out, he would have to kneel the durian into a watermelon.

"It was I who called Miss Greengrass." Seeing the current situation, the aging Slughorn immediately excused the students of his college.

Pointing to the pile of papers on Zhang Xu's coffee table, Slughorn said to Professor McGonagall: "Just now I got some inspiration after studying these papers, so I called Miss Greengrass to ask some questions. .”

"You also know that sometimes if the inspiration in the mind is not caught in time, it is easy to

let them run away. "

Now that Slughorn said so, Professor McGonagall had to give him face.She has not been the principal for a long time, and her prestige has not yet reached the point where she can ignore other colleagues.

After Astoria was driven back by Professor McGonagall, Zhang Xu was secretly relieved.If Slughorn hadn't just come looking for him just now, this level would not be easy to pass tonight.The plums in the melon field need to use veritaserum to prove their innocence.It's just that when Slughorn first came in, the scene was not much better.

"What's the matter with you two?" After Professor McGonagall left Zhang Xu's dormitory, he found that Zhang Xu and Slughorn also came out.

Slughorn took out a pocket watch, glanced at it, and said, "Zhang is refining the Elixir of Felicity at my place, and the next step is 23 minutes and 33 seconds away, so let me remind him."

Professor McGonagall frowned. She knew that several steps in the refining of Felix Elixir would take a long time, and the time to start the next step must be strictly observed, otherwise the professor's office in Potions class would have to be redecorated up.

So when Zhang Xu came to the crucible, he looked nervously at the crucible on the stove. The emerald green liquid inside was constantly tumbling, and the steam from the pot was constantly rising.

"It's almost time." Slughorn said to Zhang Xu holding his pocket watch.

Zhang Xu nodded, and then checked the raw materials to be used next.

Now is the final step of refining the Blessing Elixir. He only needs to add golden lotus into the crucible later, and the crystal bottle used to hold the Blessing Elixir is also ready.

"Ten, nine, three, two, one"

As Slughorn's countdown ended, standing by the office door, the potion in the cauldron suddenly turned bright yellow.

Zhang Xu seized the few seconds before the potion exploded, and threw the golden lotus into the crucible without hesitation.

Then Zhang Xu tapped the potion with his wand.

Some steps in potion refining require magic to participate in it, even if it is mechanized and fully automatic medicine, a wizard needs to cast spells on the potion being refined at a specific time.If it is operated by Muggles, it will inevitably fail in the end.

After Zhang Xu cast a spell on the potion, the color of the potion in the crucible changed from bright yellow to golden.At the same time, the medicine that was just boiling suddenly became "joyful".Just a little at first, and then more and more droplets jumped up like fish out of water.

Half an hour later, Slughorn, who just walked out of the office after the countdown was completed, carefully returned to the office after seeing that the explosion that failed to refine the Felix Elixir did not happen.

"It's done," Zhang Xu said to Slughorn.

Zhang Xu heaved a sigh of relief, a big stone in his heart was finally let go.

At this point, as long as it doesn't explode, it's a success.

After filling a large pot of Felix Elixir with several crystal bottles, Zhang Xu said goodbye to Slughorn, and then returned to the dormitory with a yawn.

The ideal dosage for a single dose of Felicia is one drop each time, but according to the previous small bottle packaging, it is not easy to take it accurately, and you may get bored in one mouthful.

So Zhang Xu thought of packaging the Felicity Elixir like cod liver oil soft capsules from the very beginning. When needed, he only needs to take one and throw it in his mouth, bite it and swallow it.

It's just that the amount of this Fuling soft capsule is too large, and the production process is a bit cumbersome and boring. He decided to find some free labor to help him.