Chapter 374 Four Horcruxes

"House elves generally live longer than wizards. In the year when Smith died, Hao Qi was already old enough, but she is still alive in the world today."

Dumbledore said solemnly, lowering his voice to ensure that no third person could hear him.

And Sherlock naturally knew the importance of confidentiality. At this time, he spread out his control area and checked whether there were any peepers around.

"I've seen her memory, and it's obviously been modified."

"Riddle was invited by Smith to her home, where she showed him her two most precious treasures and asked him to keep them a secret from Borgin Burke, as she had never thought of them. These two things sold.”

"One of these two treasures is Hufflepuff's golden cup that you have found and destroyed."

"And the other one is a locket passed down from Slytherin."

Hearing this, Sherlock couldn't help but frown.

"I remember that Riddle himself is a descendant of the Slytherin family?"

"Yes, that locket was sold to the Smith family by the former heir of Slytherin. This gives him even more reason to get such a thing back."

"After that, he poisoned Smith, snatched away the two relics of the founder, and modified Hao Qi's memory, blaming the incident on the house elf, so that she always thought it was his One mistake killed her master."

Dumbledore quietly told Sherlock all the information he had gained from Hao Qi's memory.

Sherlock's frown did not relax at all.

"The diary, Hufflepuff's golden cup, Slytherin's locket, and Ravenclaw's diadem, these are the four Horcruxes we know now. The diary and the golden cup have both been destroyed, and it can be determined What’s more, there is a Horcrux hidden in the Room of Requirement in Hogwarts. It is not clear yet whether this Horcrux is one of the known Horcruxes.”

Even if they find out what Voldemort's Horcrux is, it won't be of any help to the current situation because they don't know where the Horcrux will be hidden.

But Dumbledore is obviously much more cheerful than Sherlock.

"The more information we know, the easier it is for us to get closer to the key. I am investigating Riddell's past bit by bit, and I believe there will be new discoveries soon."

In terms of understanding Voldemort, I believe that no one in the entire wizarding world can surpass him, and even Riddle himself may not necessarily understand him better than Dumbledore.

Sherlock couldn't do much to help Dumbledore for the time being, so he could only passively wait for the news.

Taking this opportunity, he also asked about Mrs. Matthew. What grudge did she have against Dumbledore that made her refuse help in the first place?

"Ah, talking about this, I have to mention Horace (Slughorn)."

Dumbledore seemed eager to talk about these past events, he said with a smile.

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"Matthew liked Horace. When Horace was the Head of Slytherin, she made a special trip to Hogwarts and approached me and offered to work in the school. But Horace didn't have a family at that time. I have been thinking of ways to reject Matthew’s love, so I asked me not to agree to her job application.”

"In addition, there were no suitable vacancies at Hogwarts at that time, so in the end I politely rejected Matthew's application."

"She is indeed a careless witch. She thought I was the one who ruined their relationship. Coupled with some other misunderstandings, she has held a grudge against me ever since."

"But Matthew has always been an upright person. It's just that sometimes it would be better if she didn't have to be so stingy."

Of course, Sherlock couldn't chat with Dumbledore all the time at the dinner. So many people came to this investiture ceremony today just for him.

No matter how much he didn't like such superficial interactions, he still had to smile and greet these big shots in the magic world.

Naturally, there are also wizards from pure-blood families, such as Ollivander, who has focused on making wands for more than a thousand years. He is also a pure-blood family with a long history, and has never shown any inclination towards Voldemort.

However, few people from pure-blood families came. For example, Sherlock did not see anyone from the Malfoy family.

On the night of the final event of the Triwizard Tournament, the Aurors did not capture Lucius Malfoy. Whether he was among the Death Eaters at that time is also a mystery, because he has been captured so far. None of the Death Eaters offered him up.

Lucius fell silent after Scrimgeour came to power. In the past, he had a good relationship with Fudge, spent gold Galleons, and made friends with the top officials of the Ministry of Magic. Now he has stopped.

He seemed to be sitting at home, oblivious to everything happening outside.

The banquet ended at about ten o'clock in the evening.

The front page of tomorrow's Daily Prophet will definitely be about this investiture ceremony. This is probably the last time the Ministry of Magic will build momentum for Sherlock's reputation in the wizarding world.

After all, no matter how sincere his conversation with Scrimgeour was yesterday, as long as he was unwilling to accept the position in the ministry, the Ministry of Magic would naturally not focus all the public opinion hot spots on him.

During the rest of the summer vacation, this was indeed the case with the various actions of the Ministry of Magic.

After the awarding ceremony, Sherlock stayed at home with Silk, taking care of her eyes until they completely recovered.

On the day when Silk took off the black ribbon covering her eyes, the two of them made a special trip to 12 Grimmauld Place, and held a small celebration party with the Weasley family and the members of the Order of the Phoenix who stayed there.

Harry lived very safely here, protected by the Fidelius Charm, and the Death Eaters had no way to trouble him.

In the following month or so, they rarely saw Dumbledore. He was always busy with certain things that only Sherlock knew the inside story of. Other members of the Order of the Phoenix were also always keeping an eye on the whereabouts of wizards who were involved with Voldemort, trying to find Voldemort's hiding place through them.

But Voldemort did not show up during this period, and Azkaban, which Dumbledore and Sherlock were more worried about, did not have any problems.

Except for the recent frequent actions of the Aurors to arrest and interrogate some pure-blood wizards with criminal records, the magic world seemed to be no different from usual.

In such a situation, time passed quickly, and at the end of August, it was time for Hogwarts to start school.