Seeing everyone rushing over, Delix pointed to the tent in front of him with horror on his face.

"There...he's dead! He's dead!"

All the Aurors were shocked when they heard the words, but Kingsley Shacklebolt took the lead in pulling the curtain of the tent, and then stayed at the door.

Lockhart followed his colleagues, followed Kingsley's gaze, and saw a corpse there.

And the owner of that corpse was the director of the Bulgarian International Department.

Chapter 268 Tracking

The moment he saw the corpse, whether it was Lockhart, the Aurors or the staff of the Ministry of Magic in other departments gasped.

It's not that they haven't seen the body, and they're not scared, but they all know what the corpse will do to the British Ministry of Magic.

- A foreign VIP was killed in England, and he was the real power in their country.” Even if they don’t even think about it, they know what kind of political storm they are about to face

Fudge was so frightened that he sat on the ground after hearing about it. He was at least 80% responsible for this incident, because he was the one who let the Aurors out at the door.

"I've got to talk to the Bulgarians...it was a total accident...yes, an accident...and, what the **** was your security doing? Why did you let the killer infiltrate the camp?"

Presumably knowing what he was about to face, Fudge looked hysterical.

But Lockhart didn't have time to pay attention to the ball kicked by this guy now. Scrimgeour and the others would do this kind of bullshit, and he wanted to solve this new trouble with Moody.

The criterion for distinguishing whether a politician is still "seeing the past" is to see whether his first reaction after the incident is whether he wants to solve the problem or shirk responsibility first. Fudge is obviously the latter.

In line with the style of "practical cadres", Lockhart still retains the basic habit of a small civil servant, and solves the problem first. Because he knew that if the situation couldn't be controlled, he would definitely be pushed out to take the blame.

How 0 how did he die? ' Lockhart asked a colleague who went to check

The person in charge of examining the corpse stepped aside and sighed.

\"See for yourself, it's obvious."

Lockhart, Moody and others gathered around and began to examine the body.

The facial expression of the corpse owner was very frightened, and his eyes were wide open, but there was no trace of fighting on his body.

"Can't run, a simple and direct life-suppressing curse." Moody said firmly, a I have seen at least 100 life-suppressing curse victims in my life, and I didn't expect to see them again after so many years of retirement. "

Kingsley also turned over the clothes of the deceased, and told Moody what he found: "Although he smelled of alcohol, it was not heavy, so it was not a drunken fight, and all the valuables on him, Like the purse, pocket watch, and wand are all gone...Dawlish, have you moved this way before?"

Delix was stunned for a moment, then blushed.

"No! I'm an Auror! Not a thief!" he roared at Kingsley.

Only then did Kingsley realize that his words had caused others to misunderstand: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that? Delix... I mean 7 How did you find him and find out that he was dead?"

"I called Flynn Temple's name for a long time outside this tent, but he never came out to answer, so I came in and saw this man lying motionless on the blanket..."

Lockhart suddenly felt like he had discovered something: \"Is this Flint's tent?

"That's right." Delix pointed to the outside of the tent, "The door has his family's name printed on it.

Coat of arms, I will not be mistaken.

"What about the others in Flint?" Lockhart stood up abruptly, "I think he came to the box to watch the ball."

The wizards onlookers confirmed Lockhart's statement

"I'm just wondering, he originally said he didn't want to come, but today he told me again.

I changed my mind

Looking at the onlooker wizard, Lockhart always felt as if he had heard his voice not long ago.

He bluntly asked the wizard who was watching: "Did Flint follow you when you went to persecute Muggles together?"

\"I\"never\'persecuted Muggles, and Flint \"never\'thought about doing it." The pure-blood wizard seriously corrected Lockhart's statement.

Lockhart didn't bother to talk to him: "I mean, when you guys went to set off fireworks together, did he go with him?"

\"Uh..." The wizard recalled forcefully, "It doesn't seem like... but I don't remember very well, you know, there are a lot of people..."

Oops!

After hearing the words, Lockhart quickly returned to the corpse, then crouched down under the strange gaze of the rest of the Aurors, and tore off the wizard hat on the corpse's head.

Under the hat, the foreign guest director's hair was as delicate as ever, but the hair above the left temple was a little bald.

Lockhart secretly said something was wrong, and then ran quickly to his colleagues in the Ministry of Magic's Department of Transportation.

"Mrs. Akemore!" he cried aloud. "Where is our key to the Bulgarian side?"

Mrs. Akemore didn't know why, but she lowered her head and glanced at the register.

Answered what Lockhart said.

"Over there... Hill No. 3, there is a big tree with a red ribbon on the side of the mountain, and there is an old kettle lid in the tree hole, which is the key to Bulgaria, A"

She pointed to Lockhart as she spoke.

"Apart from your traffic department, who else knows about this?" Lockhart asked again.

Except for our transportation department, only Bulgarians know about it, and these are all notified in advance. ' answered Mrs Akemore honestly.

"thanks."

Lockhart no longer hesitated, and rushed to his colleagues in the Auror office.

Mang Kelasto, please continue to help watch the camp, your legs should not be able to keep up. Rufus, lend me two people, we're going to look at the door key in Bulgaria, I have a bunch of translators, you know. "

Scrimgeour looked at him suspiciously. "Why? We're so tight right now.

"I suspect the killer was trying to escape to Bulgaria," Lockhart told him. "After all... Bulgaria is not far from Albania."

Scrimgeour was even more confused: "What's this about Albania? What the **** are you?

Want to say something? "

If he really wanted to explain everything to him, Lockhart felt that he would have to explain for hours, but he was running out of time.

"Anyway, lend me two people first, and I'll explain it when I get back." He hurriedly said, "Anyway, the killer's purpose should be the key to Bulgaria."

Scrimgeour stared at Lockhart for a moment, then turned his head again, glanced at Fudge, who was still berating the guard at the door, and finally nodded.

"Bauer Kingsley!"

"Yes!" The two stood up.

"You two, follow Director Lockhart and go up to No. 3 Hill to see!"

"OK!"

Then, Scrimgeour turned to Lockhart again. "Need a broom? I have two more."

"Thank you, but the target is too big to fly in the air."

Lockhart declined Scrimgeour politely, then called Kingsley Shacklebolt and Bob Ogden to come over.

"I'll use the Tracking Charm later to avoid getting scattered... OK? The group is invisible!" He took out his wand and drew a silver circular pattern on the top of his head.

The silver glitters seemed to leak from the air that was pierced by the circumference, enveloping Lockhart and the three of them, and then the three disappeared into the air.

Chapter 269 The Death Eater's Declaration

If Lockhart was only suspicious before, then when he took the two Aurors up the mountain, he no longer doubted the truth of the matter.

And not only him, but Kingsley and Bob found out.

A dark green black demon mark was generously painted on the tree used to mark the door key, full of ominous meaning.

Bob Ogden tried to check on the situation, but was stopped by Lockhart

"Be careful, Bob, whoever did this might still be around, or even have a trap."

Ogden felt that it made sense after hearing this, so he did not continue to move forward.

The three people searched around the tree for a while, and only after finding no trace of other people/" approached the marked tree cautiously.

The door key in the tree hole has long disappeared, replaced by a letter written in red ink.

After confirming again and again that there was no mechanism, Lockhart frowned and took out the letter.

The letter gave him a very bad feeling. The first time he opened it, a **** smell came out of his nostrils. Lockhart was very suspicious that it was the message written by that person with blood.

Unsurprisingly, it was Barty Crouch Jr. who wrote the letter.

"I should be in Europe by the time you read this letter, you idiots in hindsight!

During the days when the frogs and snakes hibernated, a group of mice occupied the burrow and made it stink.

You call the great temporary departure "victory" and the stench of corruption "peace". Compared with more than ten years ago, everything has not only not made any progress, but has become more rotten and degenerate.

But this will soon be over, scumbags!

The Dark Lord's most loyal servant is about to return to his command, and he's about to make a comeback. Enjoy your last hours, for it's running out.

To the former servants of the Dark Lord: You are not loyal, but if there is still a trace of guilt and remorse in your dirty heart, then hurry up and prepare the crown of my king's enthronement, when he returns like lightning, You will repay the Demon King's tolerance for you with bones and blood.

To the arrogant villain: I could have killed you while you were showing off and ended your ridiculous little tricks, but I like your words - without their masters, those scumbags really do Like a flock of sheep without their heads, with skeletons without their backbones. So I have graciously decided to save your life for when you come back.

To my incurable father: If you think I kept your life because of a father-son relationship, then I urge you to dispel this unrealistic delusion as soon as possible.

I keep it only because your death is far from enough to quell one ten thousandth of my hatred for you. And before I come back, please take care of your body, because without a good body, you may not enjoy the patterns I customized for you, and your days are still long!

Barty Crouch"

After reading the malicious and cursed letter, Lockhart and his two colleagues felt a little uncomfortable.

"That guy is simply a lunatic!" Ogden's hands were shaking, "to act so recklessly..."

It's no wonder he was so angry, because this little Crouch's behavior was obviously provocative.

provocative.

He killed the distinguished foreign guests of the Ministry of Magic, and then used the door key of the Ministry of Magic to escape in front of everyone at the Ministry of Magic, which was like a direct slap in the face of the Ministry of Magic.

"But... how did this guy do it?" Kingsley was puzzled. "When did he assassinate him? How did he escape from the camp?"

Lockhart sighed: "It should be the compound decoction, I just found out that our guest's hair is missing a piece, probably the compound decoction that Crouch made with his hair.

This guy pretended to be someone who came to watch the game, and then tried to find a way to ask the director of the Bulgarian International Department out, after asking the location of the door key, and taking the opportunity to kill him, then he used the compound decoction to disguise as ours Guest, then hung out with the thugs in the bar. "

Kinsley was too surprised to speak: "If so, he did all this under our noses?"

"I'm afraid so," said Lockhart dryly.

There's a reason Lockhart would be so skeptical—because little Crouch could not have heard himself say "a bunch of sheep without their heads, a skeleton without its backbone" if it wasn't for the hooded thugs In this sentence, the "arrogant villain" in the letter was obviously talking about himself.

In other words, when he was playing his prestige against the group of thugs, the little Crouch guy was in the crowd, staring at him sullenly?

Lockhart couldn't help clenching his fists.

Very good, bold bastard, you win this game!

There's still a lot he doesn't know about this incident, such as the relationship between Crouch Jr. and the Bulgarian International Director, how exactly he got the compound decoction materials, and why the Director died in Flynn in the special tent.

"Let's go!" Lockhart said to Kingsley. "Let's get this stuff back, and... get the whole thing right."

Lockhart originally thought that after such a big incident, the British wizarding world would be uproar, but he underestimated Fudge's ability to control the media.

The "Daily Prophet" took the death of the Bulgarian foreign minister with only a few sentences, and in these sentences, it was specially marked that he "ignored the dissuasion of the security staff and insisted on going to the bar for entertainment", which is why he Accidental death.

Letters of protest from Bulgaria snowed to Lockhart's Office of International Cooperation, annoyed Lockhart to the death. Even if he has no responsibility for this matter, it can even be said that he has played quite well. But as a whole, he still needs to bear the blame for the "weak security" of the British Ministry of Magic.

Probably knowing Lockhart's grievances, Fudge rarely took the initiative to put down his body.

While trying to downplay the death of foreign VIPs, he promoted Lockhart as the hero of the fan riots on World Cup night.