There are only three of them in the room now.

The old man didn't seem to have a good temper. She looked at the two visiting girls and spoke first: "Amelia told me that there are two girls who are doing research for the Ministry of Magic and want to know something about what happened in the past. So, are you the ones doing the investigation?"

"Yes, Granny Smith," Penello replied first, "we would like to ask you about the whereabouts of a certain antique that is involved in..."

"Ah, antiques," Manasseh interjected impatiently, "I knew they were antiques, there are antiques everywhere, how would I know the whereabouts of all the antiques? I don't like them, and if it wasn't for my sister, I would Throw away these nasty things a long time ago."

"I promise, you must be impressed by this antique!" Zhang Qiu said quickly, "This antique involves very important things, so you must help!"

"A very important thing?" Manasseh squinted at them for a while, then suddenly said, "You look young, are you really sent by the Ministry of Magic?"

The old man's suspicion made Zhang Qiu panic, but Penello took the conversation calmly.

"Actually, it wasn't our turn to take charge of this matter." The girl explained solemnly, "We just graduated from Hogwarts and joined the Ministry of Magic not long ago, but due to the recent news of the Dark Lord's resurrection, The Ministry of Magic has always been very busy. In order to deal with possible crises in the future, Ms. Burns has deployed a large number of people, so the Ministry of Magic is currently understaffed, and we who have just joined the Ministry of Magic are responsible for such relatively safe tasks. "

When a lie is true and false, it is actually the most deceiving.

More than half of what Penello said was true. Amelia Burns herself was really busy during this time. On the one hand, she had to fight for power and profit with the Fudge faction, who was a drag on the Ministry of Magic. On the other hand, she needed to. Take responsibility for your own opinions, dispatch troops to detect the movements of the Death Eaters, and prepare for Voldemort's emergence.

After all, even if Ye Ting promised to destroy Voldemort, it would take time.

Also, if Burns does nothing, even if Ye Ting eliminates Voldemort, she won't gain much.

If Bones could make preparations even after Voldemort's resurrection, then even if the plan went smoothly, these preparations would be useless. If Voldemort was killed by Ye Ting before he really showed his power, Bones himself would still gain huge popularity.

After all, all her preparations at least prove that she can make a difference, she has foresight, etc. Fudge's clumsy will set off her brilliant.

However, today's Borns has to face the embarrassment of being understaffed.

Of course, Penello and Zhang Qiu were not under Burns, but Manasseh didn't know that.

So, Penello's explanation perfectly fooled her.

"So, what news do you two want to ask?" Manasseh finally got to the point.

"It is rumored that the Smith family is a descendant of Helga Hufflepuff, is this true?" Zhang Qiu asked in a timely manner.

"Of course," Manasseh said with a little pride, holding his head up. "Our family tree goes all the way up, and we can indeed trace back to Helga Hufflepuff. In fact, our family has been through generations. They all graduated from Hufflepuff College."

"So, do you know the whereabouts of the Hufflepuff Gold Cup?" Penello asked.

"Hufflepuff's Gold Cup?" Manasseh became vigilant as soon as the name was mentioned. She frowned and looked at Penello, "Why do you want to know about this? What is your purpose?"

There was something wrong with Manasseh's reaction. The two looked at each other, and finally Penello replied, "This is a very serious secret. I can only say that this secret is related to the Dark Lord."

"The Dark Lord?" Manasseh's frown deepened.

"Perhaps you've heard of another name for him," Zhang Qiu added, "Tom Riddle."

"Ah, it's him!" After hearing the name, Manasseh immediately exclaimed, "I seem to know him... So it is... The real murderer is him!"

Seeing Manasseh's sudden realization, the two girls looked at each other, not knowing what happened.

After a long while, Penello asked tentatively, "Excuse me, is Tom Riddle related to Hufflepuff's Gold Cup?"

"Well, that's a long story," Manasseh sighed, softening his tone, "For the sake of making me want to know the truth, I'll tell you about Hedge. The whereabouts of the Pachi Gold Cup, it has something to do with what happened 49 years ago..."

Chapter 0319 Voldemort betrayed Hue?

As Manasseh spoke, Zhang Qiu and Penello finally understood the whereabouts of the Hufflepuff Gold Cup.

Manasseh told them that, in fact, Hufflepuff's gold cup has always been the Smith family heirloom, which is why they dare to call themselves descendants of Hufflepuffs.

As the person who inherited most of the Smith family's inheritance, Hepziba Smith naturally inherited Hufflepuff's gold cup and kept the gold cup at home.

However, this family heirloom disappeared unexpectedly in 1946 after the death of Hepzibah Smith himself.

According to the original Ministry of Magic investigation, Hepzibah Smith was accidentally poisoned by a dim-eyed house-elf.

When the house-elves were convicted, Hepzibah's family discovered that Hepzibah Smith's most valuable treasure, Hufflepuff's gold cup, had been lost.

Moreover, at the same time, another equally precious collection, Slytherin's pendant, was lost. This news made Zhang Qiu and Penello extremely excited, because this was also the target they were looking for.

Hepzibah Smith had paid a premium for the collection at Borgin-Bock antiques, and Bork had bought it from a shabby woman—in fact, Voldemort's mother, She ran away from home and stole Slytherin's pendant to be with old Riddle, who was a Muggle, however, eventually old Riddle discovered her witch identity and abandoned her.

In poverty, she had to sell her belongings, and Slytherin's pendant was one of them.

It took the Smith family a while to figure this out, because Hepzibah has many secret hiding places and always takes her collection very seriously.

"So, Hufflepuff's golden cup just disappeared?" Zhang Qiu was a little disappointed, because it meant that their clues were broken again.

However, Penello was keenly aware of something.

"Ms. Manasseh, you think that the death of Ms. Hepzibah is related to the Dark Lord, right?" She spoke her judgment cautiously.

"That's right... at least that's what I think - if your news is correct, because, the man named Tom Riddle, I've seen him."

"Have you seen... the Dark Lord when you were young?" Zhang Qiu and Penello realized that they seemed to have found some great news.

"Ah, yes, I did see that man, right here in the house, with my sister. At the time, he seemed to be a clerk at Borgin-Bock Antiques. If Hufflepuff's Gold Cup really If it has something to do with the Dark Lord, then it is very likely that he killed my sister and took the golden cup."

To their dismay, however, Manasseh seemed to have only seen the Dark Lord as a young man, and only knew of the events there.

Therefore, the two girls are still unable to make a judgment as to whether this is really the case.

Until, Ye Ting, Hermione and Furong brought back the resurrection stone.

Through the resurrection stone, they can temporarily resurrect key witnesses, so as to understand everything that happened 49 years ago.

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