Chapter 279

"So what?" Bellatrix asked lazily. "It's not like only the old honeybee is surnamed Deng Buliduo."

"We can induce the public to guess, could Aurelius be Deng Buliduo's illegitimate child?" William said. "Although the file is vague about him, we can investigate, collect, or fabricate some similar evidence."

"Then it's settled." Lu Xiusi concluded. "We can extract part of our time and energy to investigate this person named Aurelius."

"Before his true identity was revealed, Aurelius had used the name Credence Barebone." William added. "He was an Obscurial who almost destroyed New York."

"Your intelligence is very great, which is to say, it is very likely that Deng Buliduo has a brutal, murderous illegitimate child, so how can he still claim to be righteous?" Lu Xiusi laughed proudly.

"Correct one point." Sirius Black said with some dissatisfaction. "He never claimed to be righteous, he was just simply opposing the Dark Lord."

"Yes, the ones who claim to be righteous are those fools in the Order of the Phoenix." Bellatrix echoed—but obviously she and her cousin were not on the same channel.

"And we will completely expose their lies about justice." Lu Xiusi raised his glass proudly and drew a period for the most technical part of this Death Eater gathering.

Before they started chatting about those low-down commercial competitions, Harry and Sirius Black found an excuse to leave. In fact, even if they didn't intend to chat about these, Harry's Polyjuice Potion was probably about to expire.

"I'm a bit worried." After returning to the private office, Sirius Black took a deep breath. "Their plan looks very feasible, and most importantly, I don't know that Aurelius either, Deng Buliduo never mentioned him to us."

"He might not exist at all." Harry said vigilantly.

"I mean, if even I am a bit suspicious of Aurelius's identity, then what will the public who don't know the truth think?" Sirius Black said seriously. "And, with the Magical Congress making trouble from it, things will become very bad."

"Then, we had better move as soon as possible." Harry pondered. "Pre-emptively find out Aurelius's identity, and make arrangements? No, this might not work. No matter who he is, once others find content that can be gossiped or speculated from it, Deng Buliduo will immediately fall from the altar."

"But to say so, Deng Buliduo losing his divinity seems to be a certainty." Sirius Black said with some distress. "Or should we ask the members of the Order of the Phoenix again, can they think of any wonderful plan?"

"Perhaps we should change our thinking." Harry soon remembered Stalin's story. "In fact, great men are not incapable of making mistakes. What we need to do is to let everyone clearly and objectively understand the cause, process, and the compensation he made for the mistakes. In this way, Deng Buliduo will not only not be disliked by people, but he will become more approachable."

"Perhaps from the beginning, he was just an ordinary wizard, like you and me, standing up to resist Voldemort; and later, it was because of his strength that he received so much beautification and bragging." Harry gradually had a train of thought. "If we can let Deng Buliduo's image return from a perfect saint to an ordinary person like everyone else, it will be more inspiring: each of us can practice justice like Deng Buliduo, each of us can be the next Deng Buliduo."

"You are very right, I remember a Muggle saying that can very aptly describe this point, we want Deng Buliduo's reputation to have a soft landing." Sirius Black agreed. "I will tell Doge this assumption, I think we can let him write a little memoir first, talking about Deng Buliduo in his student days, this happens to be able to serve as a cushion."

"Ah, yes." Harry nodded. "While Doge is doing cushions and buying time for us, we can go and check Aurelius well. In fact, I suspect he is Aberforth's child."

Harry didn't say that he eavesdropped on Aberforth, but from another angle, if Albus didn't marry because he was seriously studying magic, then Aberforth's magic was not that high, perhaps it was because he had been married.

"Very reasonable, now I will send you back first." Sirius Black said. "Is your homework finished?"

"Ah, still a little bit." Harry said vaguely, in fact, he was far more than a little bit behind.

After returning to school, Harry hurriedly greeted Ron, and then started to ponder the homework matter without stopping.

Compared to Moonstone or the Summoning Charm, Harry thought he could first copy the notes of the Giant Wars, or fool around with that essay on caring for Muggles, these didn't need much brain power.

When he finished dinner and prepared to continue fighting in the library, Cho Chang walked over and sat beside him, and handed over a piece of parchment.

"What is this..." Harry took it, and then glanced at the title. "The Harry Potter I know?"

"Who wrote it?" Harry browsed the words on it. It was written very delicately and didn't expose any information he didn't want to expose.

"Cassandra," Cho Chang shrugged. "I was in Hogsmeade all afternoon, she helped me write this thing. After all, you know, the only way she knows you is to look at the newspaper."

"She is in Hogsmeade?" Harry asked subconsciously.

"We helped her set up a magic photo studio here, and sent Aurors to protect her." Cho Chang said. "Don't you know? Or is it that you didn't come at that time?"

Harry then remembered that in the third year, Cho Chang revealed a secret in front of Cassandra—Tang Tang Nade was Cui Ge's biological father. Doing so was actually to control Tang Tang Nade, especially when they saw through Tang Tang Nade's true purpose, Harry could imagine that Cassandra herself immediately became a handle used by the Chinese to pinch Tang Tang Nade.

"You..." Harry asked hesitantly. "What else did you do?"

"No, just took a few photos when she was writing the essay." Cho Chang said generously, but then her expression became interesting. "Or, do you think I could actually do something?"

"However, Tang Tang Nade hasn't had any movements recently, he is quite free." Cho Chang smoothed her scarf. "I can't blackmail him with this matter either, the unsheathed sword is the best sword."

"Is that so." Harry breathed a sigh of relief, but soon, he remembered one thing: Tang Tang Nade had a close connection with the Magical Congress. Although his behavior in the fourth year and the current layout of the Magical Congress seemed a bit disjointed, his connection with several White House agents in the second year was unquestionable.

To some extent, Harry felt that the layout of the Magical Congress was not that difficult to understand. Perhaps they didn't focus on the Order of the Phoenix or the Death Eaters, but simply helped Britain. In the fourth year, the plan to eliminate Voldemort looked feasible, so they sent Tang Tang Nade to help Harry; and now, Voldemort has become the only hope for Britain to rebuild deterrence, so William started to act and Tang Tang Nade fell into silence.

Is there some kind of power struggle within the Magical Congress? Harry didn't know, but one thing is certain, since Tang Tang Nade is free, and he should be on his side, perhaps he can ask him for a favor. After all, the name Aurelius still exists in the files of the Magical Congress.

"I mean, I happen to have something I want to ask Tang Tang Nade for help." Harry said after deliberation. "Perhaps this will affect the layout of the Magical Congress."

"As long as it is in your interest, the Magical Congress is stronger than you think." Cho Chang said disapprovingly.

"Fine, I want to ask him to help check someone, Aurelius Deng Buliduo." Harry said.

"Is there such a person?" Cho Chang was also obviously taken aback, perhaps she had never seen this name in divination. "Fine, how do you spell it?"

"I also heard it from others, not very sure." Harry said. "But he has another name called Credence, who seems to have caused huge destruction in New York."

"This is still quite concerning, perhaps the Magical Congress is covering up his existence." Cho Chang said after deliberation. "So, I have to tell Tang Tang Nade. With Cassandra here, he will understand that this is a request that cannot be refused."

"This person should not be in the world, in fact, it is not that sensitive." Harry scratched his head. "Perhaps it is not a difficult thing for him."

"Fine, I'll remember it. Speaking of which, Cassandra's handwriting is different from yours, you'd better transcribe that essay." Cho Chang said. "Change all the 'he' in it to 'I', and change all the 'Cui Ge' in it to 'a certain classmate'."

"Can, but I have to finish this essay on the Summoning Charm first." Harry flipped through the parchment on the table. "Still half a page behind."

His pen tip had just fallen, and before he wrote a few fresh words, a crisp female voice interrupted him.

"Harry, I remind you, the Torchwood gathering is about to start." Eve said.

"Yes, ten minutes left, shall we go together?" Ginny asked with some expectation.

Harry looked at the homework in his hand, and then looked at the two carefree little sisters, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth, rolled up the parchment and followed them.

This was the first time he decided to make up homework during club activities, perhaps not the last time.