Chapter 212 Treating the Headache

The Ministry of Magic's suppression of the news of the Azkaban prison break is a basic operation, but such a major event is circulated privately among wizards, and it seems to have become a traditional art.

Lu Yunkai waited all night and saw no relevant news in the Daily Prophet at noon the next day, so he ran to warn Hermione, let alone some sources who were worried about his children.

In fact, many people, including Malfoy, had already learned about relevant matters on the night the prison break occurred.

Of course, most of them were Slytherins, but there were also a few children of wizards whose parents had participated in the escape attempt that morning.

Most of these people have received warnings from their parents: "Don't go out and talk nonsense."

Things may not have spread so quickly originally.

Until the dinner the day after the prison break, which was also a Halloween dinner party. When he was going to see off all the classmates who were going back for Halloween weekend, Dumbledore publicly stated at the banquet that because of "some reasons", students on Halloween weekend We may not be able to go home.

And Dumbledore found an extremely outrageous excuse (Lu Yunkai even felt that he was deliberately making random excuses): the Hogwarts Express needed maintenance.

This made many students (especially first-year students) who had been looking forward to this weekend for two months very unhappy.

But there is no other way. The school won't send them off, and their parents can't pick them up. They can only stay in school...

The original weekend homecoming became mandatory detention. It was inevitable that these unhappy students did not want to ask "why." At this time, the truth of the matter came to light.

"The Death Eaters imprisoned in Azkaban escaped. Although most of them did not escape, two people managed to escape."

"This is different from Sirius Black who sneaked out of Azkaban a few years ago, but he broke in clearly and forcefully! And then they broke out of the Ministry of Magic! What does the Legal Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic do? "

"What's even more frightening is that with these two dangerous elements roaming around, the Daily Prophet is still reporting that Minister Fudge went to watch the Quidditch League and kicked off the game in person..."

The uneasiness about the Death Eaters escaping from prison and the dissatisfaction about not being able to go home to see their parents turned into anger at the Ministry of Magic's inaction.

This naturally rubbed Umbridge off her feet.

She would never allow anyone to question the authority of the Ministry of Magic.

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"Umbridge has been idle for less than a month, and she comes out to cause trouble again??"

Malfoy slammed the table angrily.

None of the others beside him said a word.

The entire Slytherin lounge was very quiet.

Everyone seemed to be in a bad mood.

Except Lu Yunkai.

He is very calm.

"She hasn't stopped this month! She just hasn't done anything to us Slytherins."

Lu Yunkai's words didn't seem to be persuasive at all.

Malfoy was stuck.

Well, yes! In the past month, Umbridge has teamed up with Slytherin House to suppress students from the other three houses. Can it be called leisure? Here, Malfoy is very advanced!

"What should we do? Shall we hand over the mirror?" Gower, who was standing aside, changed the subject awkwardly.

He is also an important member of Umbridge's law enforcement team.

"How is it possible!! My father spent so much money to buy me a gift, hand it over??" Malfoy glared at Gower.

Gore was a little embarrassed and fell silent.

His mirror was cheap...but Draco's mirror cost tens of thousands of galleons! !

"It's not about money." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "The main reason is that without the mirror, it is inconvenient to communicate with family members. Draco, you are doing well, your parents are both in China, and Daphne's father is abroad... "

As he spoke, he gently patted Daphne beside him on the shoulder.

Daphne lowered her head, holding the communication mirror in her hand, with a very depressed expression.

"Then there's nothing we can do, right? After all, Umbridge is qualified to make school rules... This is the authority given to her by the Ministry of Magic." Crabbe joined in from the side.

Then he was dismissed by Lu Yunkai and Malfoy at the same time.

"There are reasonable and unreasonable things in school rules. Maybe the principal has the authority to abolish them, but we say it is really of no use!" Crabbe pretended not to see the eye rolls of the two people and continued, "I think we should get rid of them as soon as possible. It’s better to send all the mirrors home.”

"No." Malfoy gritted his teeth, "We can't just give in on this matter!"

"What are your plans?" Lu Yunkai looked at Malfoy and asked.

Today is the first day after Halloween weekend, and just before lunch, Umbridge announced a new school rule.

Hogwarts students are prohibited from using communication mirrors on campus.

The reason for issuing this school rule is actually well known to the vast majority of students (especially Slytherins): it is because during the past weekend, through the communication mirror and whispering in the lounge, almost the entire school Students all know why this weekend when they could go home has become a mandatory detention.

Even Lu Yunkai felt that Umbridge's ban on the use of communication mirrors in school was actually a quite "symptomatic" management method.

You know, Sirius escaped from Azkaban two years ago, and it took more than two months for him to finally be able to stop. When the news was published in the Daily Prophet, it still shocked most wizards.

But this time, the Ministry of Magic couldn't even keep it secret for three days, and the whole Hogwarts knew about it...

No one would believe that it had nothing to do with the communication mirror that was only promoted this year.

Moreover, Umbridge's school rule was not completely unreasonable.

You know, there are many spells that can be used outside of Hogwarts without any problems, but they are forbidden spells in school, such as the magic amplification spell that Lu Yunkai used in a duel with Hermione a few years ago.

Spells can be restricted, so magic items can also be restricted.

It makes sense in legal terms, so there is nothing we can do.

So, Lu Yunkai, who figured this out, was very calm.

Moreover, he had been reminded by Snape a few days ago that Umbridge might do something that would affect him.

Although Lu Yunkai didn't expect this at the time.

But thinking back, Snape's speculation was very reasonable.

So, Lu Yunkai's dissatisfaction with Umbridge turned into admiration for Snape.

Snape's mind was much more meticulous than his!

And Lu Yunkai, who remained calm, didn't mind thinking deeply. This time Umbridge issued this ban in the school, perhaps as a test: the Ministry of Magic couldn't ban the use of communication mirrors outside Hogwarts, but banning it in Hogwarts would not be a big problem?

Then, maybe it would be appropriate to try to extend it to other places? For example, banning the use during work at the Ministry of Magic...

A little bit, nibbling.

Anyway, in Hogwarts, Dumbledore obviously didn't want to be with her now, she could do whatever she wanted, so it was no problem to formulate a legal school rule as the first step.

If it can be successfully maintained for a period of time, and even become part of the traditional school rules of Hogwarts... Umbridge may not be uninterested in becoming the next Minister of Magic.

However, she seems to have thought the problem a little too simply.

Just like after the Ministry of Magic closed down the communication mirror shop, Umbridge's school rule of banning communication mirrors in the school also aroused the dissatisfaction of many people.

Slytherins are the first to bear the brunt: after all, the mirrors owned by students of the other three colleges combined are not as many as those of Slytherin students.

And Slytherin students... to be honest, they are not easy to mess with.

For example, Malfoy is extremely angry now.

Recently, his mood has become very sensitive because of his concern for his parents, and now the mirror that he uses to communicate with his parents is banned...

"I will ask my father to protest at the school board meeting." Malfoy said angrily: "When will it be the Ministry of Magic's turn to have the final say in Hogwarts?"

"... I think you'd better not bother your father at this time." Lu Yunkai reminded Malfoy friendly.

Malfoy was stuck.

But soon.

"No, I absolutely cannot tolerate it."

He shook his head firmly again.

"Okay." Seeing that he could not persuade him, Lu Yunkai did not stop him.

In fact, it was in Lu Yunkai's interest to let Malfoy go to his father...

He did it right away. In front of a group of classmates around him, Malfoy took out the mirror and contacted Lucius.

And in the mirror, Lucius looked almost ten years older than the last time he saw him. Lu Yunkai suddenly felt a little distressed...

But when he heard that Umbridge was going to ban Draco from using the communication mirror and might even confiscate it, Lucius jumped up all of a sudden.

"She must not be allowed to mess around in school!!"

Lucius hung up the call. Obviously, he was going to solve this matter immediately.

After getting a promise from his father that was not a promise, Malfoy's expression also improved a little...

After seeing Malfoy's actions, the other Slytherin students in the lounge also took out their communication mirrors and complained to their parents.

...

But this time, things seemed to be a little off.

The next day at noon, the latest Daily Prophet.

Front page.

"The Ministry of Magic issued Education Order No. 24: The Senior Investigator has the highest authority over all punishments, sanctions and deprivation of rights involving Hogwarts students, and has the right to modify the punishments, sanctions and deprivation of rights made by other teachers and administrators. 》

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