The atmosphere in the hall was frighteningly oppressive, and several Death Eaters who had just joined held their breath and dared not speak.

"You don't know who did it?"

After the mysterious man spoke, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Owner…"

Voldemort raised his hand to stop Bella's speech, and continued, "It seems that someone is deliberately provoking me. Who do you think set the devil's flame?"

Who let it go, how would they know, maybe it was Lucius' enemy, and shouldn't this kind of thing be asked to the person involved?

Of course, the Death Eaters dare not talk nonsense, since this matter has nothing to do with them anyway.

"Scrimgeour is very likely. He made people deliberately spread the word that Malfoy Manor was burned because Lucius betrayed the master, so..."

"Scrunchie is indeed a big problem, but it is unlikely that he did it." Voldemort didn't think it had anything to do with Scrimgeour.

"Master, this matter has nothing to do with the Order of the Phoenix, but I think Dumbledore may know something." Snape expressed his opinion on this matter to the Dark Lord: "That night, Dumbledore asked me to find out Whether Lucius' wife and son are still alive, I think he probably guessed something."

"Oh, what a surprise." Voldemort asked, staring at Snape. "Who do you think, Severus?"

"It's probably Albert Anderson's revenge." Snape said a name that surprised even the Death Eaters.

"You mean that **** Mudblood?"

"As far as I know." Snape continued, glancing at Bella, "Malfoy was offering a reward for him, and it seemed that his shop was ransacked by some people that night."

"How could he..."

"Back then, when Lucius got married..." Snape looked at Bella, who was gnashing his teeth, and reminded, "With that guy's character, he will definitely take revenge. I think it is very likely that he did it. , it is not difficult for that guy to figure out how to use the Dark Mark."

Intensive whispers sounded in the hall, and everyone suddenly realized that the Mudblood named Albert Anderson seemed to be their archenemy.

"Master, please leave this matter to me." Bella raised her hand high, "I've already thought of a way to completely deal with that Mudblood."

"Oh." Voldemort looked sideways at Bella and said, "Have you figured out a way?"

"Yes master, that mudblood has a fatal weakness, we can target his weakness..."

Snape suddenly understood why Malfoy Manor was burned down by a fire.

"I'll leave that mudblood to you, kill him at any cost, and don't let me down again." Voldemort looked at the expectant Bella, and finally agreed to give her the task of killing the mudblood.

"Scrimgeour is more trouble than I thought." Voldemort looked at Yaxley.

"Master, because of Burns last time, Scrimgeour attaches great importance to his own safety. He is currently living in a safe house protected by the Fidelity Curse. It is said that the secret keeper is Dumbledore." Yax Leigh reluctantly introduced the current situation to the Dark Lord, "Scremgeour now stays at the Ministry of Magic, and there are a bunch of Aurors by his side every time he travels."

"Can we try to control Scrimgeour's assistant and poison his drink?" someone suggested.

"No, a house elf is in charge of Scrimgeour's diet. It's not easy to kill him by poisoning him. We can only slowly infiltrate the Ministry of Magic." Yaxley also said when he heard the news. Very helpless, "I suggest to keep creating troubles for Scrimgeour, make him busy and burnt out, and he will definitely show his flaws."

"Very well, let them move," Voldemort agreed to Yaxley's plan.

…

Looking at the group of people who were packing up, Cedric asked in surprise: "Are you planning...to suspend business?"

"Yes, it's the off-season. Even if you open a store, you won't make much money. It's better to focus on owl mail order."

"Because of the last incident?" Cedric guessed the reason.

"The benefits of continuing to open the store are not as high as the risks, so we simply suspend store operations."

"Then what should I do when the Defense Against the Dark Arts props in the specialty store next door are gone?" He asked with a frown.

"We'll still supply specialty stores." Fred forced the packed carton into his backpack, wiping the sweat from his brow with his hand.

"Don't worry, we will give the goods to my dad in the future, and he will be responsible for handing them over to you." George patted Cedric on the shoulder and said, "By the way, this is a gift from Albert for you."

With that said, George gave Cedric a bottle of French champagne.

"Albert is back?"

"This is a gift from him." George shrugged.

"That guy might be traveling around the world with his wife now!" Fred said sourly.

"If you are free, come and help me pack the things on the shelves." Lee Jordan threw the box on the ground and couldn't help complaining to several people.

"Are you done working outside?"

"How is it possible?" Lee Jordan couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said to Cedric, "Someone is looking for you next door."

"Then I'll go first, thank Albert for me." Cedric smiled and walked away.

"Why did you just..." Shanna asked puzzled.

"That's protecting Cedric's safety," Fred shrugged. "Sometimes knowing too much may not be a good thing."

"I feel like you're talking about me." Shanna raised her eyebrows slightly, "Do I have to move there too?"

"Well, I suggest you move in together." A familiar voice suddenly sounded.

"Why are you always elusive?"

"Well, I'm here to arrange for Shanna." Albert said to Shanna: "Sorry, I got you involved, the situation is a bit unexpected."

"The Malfoy family is looking for me, 10,000 Galleons are enough to make many guys in the gray area lose their minds, I think it will not be difficult for them to figure out the relationship between this store and me, I think they will probably try to find me through my friends .”

"So, you burned their house down?"

"Do you have any evidence? Be careful, I will sue you for defamation!" Albert shifted his gaze to Shanna again: "If you don't like this job, I still have a lot of manuscripts that I need someone to help edit. Of course, the salary is not This is high, but it is better than safety."

"No, I really like this job." Shanna shook her head.

"so be it!"

After solving Shanna's problem, Albert turned his attention to the Weasley brothers again.

"After you finish your work here, take the time to contact Zuko. Although the Ministry of Magic seems to plan to arrange a patrol team in Hogsmeade, it may not be safe there."

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Several people drew out their wands one after another to be vigilant.

Lee Jordan glanced at the Marauder's Map and reminded: "It's Mr. Arthur, I guess he came to look for you."

"Where are the Alberts?"

George found that Albert had disappeared from under their noses in the blink of an eye.

"have no idea."

Fred opened the door and walked out, saying hello to the people outside: "Why are you here?"

"Your mother was worried when she found out about this." Arthur looked at his son, "You really don't intend to..."

"You don't have to worry about this, we will temporarily move to a safe house protected by the Fidelity Curse, and we will only do owl mailing for a long time."

"For the products in the specialty store, we will let Dobby deliver them to your home, and then you will hand them over to Cedric." George added.

"Remember to take time to go home, don't let your mother worry."

…

"Albert really knows how to call people!"

"Come on, aren't you happy to have a vacation for yourself?" Lee Jordan wanted to kick the hypocrite a few times.

If possible, he would like to talk to Zuko by himself, but it’s not enough to rely on the house elves and Shanna alone. Those items that have just arrived in the safe house need to be sorted out as soon as possible, so that they can be shipped to the owl mail order students .

"Why did Albert invite Zuko to join?" Shanna asked puzzled.

"Somebody's gotta get ahead!" George said meaningfully.

After changing into his suit, Fred and George left the safe house and apparated directly to Hogsmeade.

There was just a light rain, the hot summer had quietly receded from Hogsmeade, and the weather became cooler.

Fred and George walked towards their familiar shop.

The owner of Zonko's Joke Shop was sitting listlessly at the counter. Since the Weasley brothers' "House of Joy" opened and took all the business from the shop, he realized that the joke shop might not be able to continue.

"welcome…"

Zoko's eyes lit up when he saw someone entering the store, but when he raised his head, he found that the person who came was the culprit who caused his store to close down, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

"Why, what do you two come to see me for?"

Zuko suppressed the anger in his heart, but the tone of his speech still couldn't help the yin and yang.

No way, in Zuko's eyes, the two **** in front of him were just here to make him unhappy, and it would be **** if they spoke in a nice tone.

Fred and George looked at each other, didn't care about each other's eccentric tone, and said straight to the point, "We're here to invite you."

"Invitation?" Zoko looked at the former customer with a strange expression.

"We're going to open a branch in Hogsmeade," said George.

"So, you plan to turn my shop into your branch?" Zuoko was stunned for a moment, and finally figured out what the other party was up to, and roared angrily at the two: "Get out, you are not welcome here, get out of here go out."

"you sure?"

George looked at Zuko who lost his composure, and calmly reminded: "Your store has lost its core competitiveness, and it will close sooner or later..."

Before George could finish speaking, he saw a curse flying towards him, and quickly turned his head to avoid it.

An angry Zoko glared at the group of evil guests in front of him. He had already raised his wand, planning to use the curse to drive them out.

However, he soon found himself unable to move.

"do not be angry."

"He must be angry!"

"When you're done talking, we're leaving."

George looked helplessly at the old acquaintance who was fixed in place by the body-binding spell, and shook his head and said, "I have to remind you that the closure of this store is a normal competition, at least we didn't engage in those rotten tricks like you , don’t think what you did, we don’t know.”

"Think about it, at least we are willing to share this cake with you, which is already the greatest sincerity." George calmly explained the cruelest reality to Zuko, "Of course, we don't mind waiting for your store After closing down, buy your store, reopen a new branch, or find another store to open a branch, then you will definitely have nothing.”

George is actually reluctant to distribute the profits to other people, but he thinks that Albert may have other deep meanings in doing so.

"Think about it carefully, and don't make things difficult for Garen." Fred smiled and patted Zuko's shoulder, and pulled out the wand from the opponent's hand and put it on the counter, so that this guy would not know what to do after the spell was lifted. They chanted curses.

After the full-body binding spell on Zuko was touched, he immediately rushed to the counter, took his wand and pointed it at the Weasley brothers who had disappeared in front of the store, but he didn't run over to attack them in the end, because from the other party's words, Zuko realized that the other party actually knew about the tricks he used that could not be put on the table, and it was already very sincere to be able to come and invite him.

It's just that this matter fell into Zoko's eyes, it was extremely hypocritical, but...Zoko shook his throat, rushed out of the shop, looked at the two people who were walking away, and shouted: "Wait, you..."

"We don't know much about this. Albert will talk to you in person." George stopped and turned to Joko, "We just came here to tell you about this in advance."

"Cooperation leads to win-win results."

As they said that, Fred and George walked towards the nearby owl postman, and they were going to talk to the owner of the owl post office here to talk about renting owls.

"These bastards!"

Zoko slammed his fist on the door frame, looked at the back of Fred and George leaving, and roared angrily. He knew very well in his heart that the joke store could no longer be opened. After losing its product advantages, his store would lose its core competitiveness. It would be a matter of time before he was eliminated, otherwise they would not try to suppress their store by other means .

The plan failed.

Joko is a smart guy!

He didn't want to leave ~lightnovelpub.net~ in despair and lose the Galleons he earned earlier.

Yes, there's no need to be more embarrassing.

At least it can have a decent ending.

Zuko suddenly wanted to see the other side.

What kind of guy was that young man named Albert Anderson?

When Zuko just returned to the shop, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be something behind him.

When he suddenly turned his head, he suddenly felt that his whole body was light and light, and the worry about the closure of the joke shop in his mind was swept away, leaving only a hazy, invisible and intangible joy.

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