Soon, Harry arrived at the girls' bathroom on the second floor.
Looking at Dumbledore, Hermione and the people hunting for treasure in Hogwarts Castle these days, they suddenly became nervous.
Hermione comforted:
"Harry, don't worry, it's a good thing!..."
Immediately, he told Harry that Parseltongue was needed to open the Chamber of Secrets and that he could obtain three thousand gold galleons.
However, Harry felt completely indifferent in his heart. After seeing the mountain of gold left by his parents in Gringotts, a mere three thousand gold galleons seemed insignificant to Harry.
(Harry: It’s just three thousand gold galleons. As the heir to the Potter family, I don’t even look down on it!)
Hermione had not yet realized Harry's inhumanity, and thought he was a "poor" orphan, not realizing this at all.
If Hermione knew about it in the future, she would probably dig out a castle out of embarrassment.
Although I don't like three thousand gold galleons, I don't want to give up free money.
Then Harry stood solemnly in front of the faucet, staring deeply at the snake-shaped carving on it.
Harry, who has become the Secret Peeper, has been able to master Parseltongue freely, unlike in the original book, which is sometimes ineffective.
Therefore, Harry's mouth quickly neighed:
"His~his~his~" (Open!)
The snake-shaped sculpture on the faucet suddenly came to life. After a while, the bathroom also started to vibrate.
"Boom~"
After the noise, a passage connecting to the underground appeared in the center of the bathroom, and those treasure hunters looked at this passage with burning eyes.
They all wanted to go down first and get the Slytherin treasure inside. However, under Dumbledore's suppression, they had to abide by the rules.
Soon, everyone followed the passage and arrived underground. Walking down the passage, they once again saw a door with a snake-shaped carving.
They immediately focused their eager eyes on Harry, urging him to open the door quickly.
Harry felt very uncomfortable being stared at by everyone, but he could only step forward to help them open the door to the secret room.
At the same time, Harry was also very curious about what was inside.
Although Hermione once speculated in the Tarot Club that the inheritance in the Chamber of Secrets must have been taken away or destroyed by a mysterious person. But his curiosity made him also have expectations for the Chamber of Secrets.
"His~his~his~" (Open!)
After Harry used Parseltongue, the door was opened as expected.
Everyone walked into the door and saw an empty hall. In the center of the hall was the statue of Slytherin.
At the foot of the statue, there is a diary with a hole punched through it. Apart from that, there is nothing else here.
The pure-blood nobles and the people sent by Fudge were unwilling to give in, and they were all looking around, hoping to find some record of the treasure or powerful magic.
Unfortunately, and disappointingly, there really is nothing.
Dumbledore, on the other hand, was staring at the hole-pierced diary under the statue, and he felt Voldemort's breath from it.
He walked forward, picked up the diary on the ground, and saw the name written on it: Tom Riddle.
Dumbledore's eyes were deep as he examined the diary carefully and made some guesses about the diary.
Others were very curious about the diary in Dumbledore's hand, thinking it was a note left by Slytherin. Some even speculated whether there might be powerful magic left by Slytherin in it.
It's a pity that the thing is in Dumbledore's hands. Although they want it very much, they don't dare to ask.
Finally, someone couldn't stand it anymore. One of Fudge's confidants, Ren, looked at the diary in Dumbledore's hand and asked:
"Headmaster Dumbledore, what is recorded on this?"
Dumbledore immediately smiled and said:
"You can take a look!"
Then he handed the diary in his hand to his hand.
Renn took the diary in confusion, wondering why Dumbledore would hand it over to him so easily.
However, when he opened the diary, Ren was dumbfounded. It was blank and there was nothing at all.
Moreover, this diary obviously cannot be from a thousand years ago, it can only be from a few decades ago at most.
"Wait, decades ago?"
Ren closed the diary and looked at the signature on the diary: Tom Riddle. His heart suddenly trembled, and the diary in his hand almost fell to the ground.
Someone immediately laughed and said:
"Isn't it just a book? There's nothing to be afraid of, coward!"
As he spoke, he snatched the diary from Ren's hand, but it soon became like Ren's.
When they came to Hogwarts, they all knew that the mysterious man was the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago, and they also knew that his name was Tom Riddle.
But the fear of the mysterious man made them act like frightened ostriches and want to bury their heads in the soil the moment they saw the signature in the diary.
Especially some Death Eaters, the Marks of the Dark Lord on their arms have not yet dissipated, and they all speculate that their Dark Lord may not be truly dead.
Now that I have seen the diary left by the Dark Lord, what if the Dark Lord returns in the future and finds out about this incident and wants to settle the score with me?
Finally, the farce ended like this. Everyone came to Hogwarts with enthusiasm to hunt for treasures, but when they left, they were afraid. They didn't even have the heart to bargain with Hermione and Harry, giving enough to each of them.
After three thousand gold galleons, he hurriedly left.
After the farce ended, the truth about the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets was finally revealed. Everyone knew that there was nothing in the Chamber of Secrets. And the treasure hunting craze at Hogwarts also gradually subsided.
However, Hermione and Harry also made a big splash in front of everyone. Everyone knew that Hermione deduced the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, while Harry helped them open the Chamber of Secrets with Parseltongue.
At the same time, the news that they each received three thousand gold galleons also spread, making the young wizards at Hogwarts jealous and everyone talked about it, forming another widely circulated rumor in Hogwarts.
In the headmaster's office at Hogwarts, Dumbledore stood in front of the pensieve and reviewed everything during this period.
Dumbledore still knew something about the Chamber of Secrets, but he didn't quite understand why Tom's diary appeared in the Chamber of Secrets.
Moreover, it now seems that Tom's diary is obviously his Horcrux, which was destroyed in the secret room.
So who cracked the truth about the secret room early and destroyed Tom's Horcrux in advance?
Through the pensieve, Dumbledore continued to review everything that happened during this period. Hermione and others also carefully observed in their memories to see if they had missed anything, and finally made some discoveries.
That was during the first period of school, Ginny looked a little strange in the auditorium.
And according to the clues provided by the portrait, Ginny went to the girls' bathroom on the second floor more than once, until one day, Ginny suddenly appeared in the corridor of Hogwarts.
From then on, Ginny deliberately avoided the girls' bathroom on the second floor, as if there was something terrible going on there.
"It seems that our Miss Weasley is hiding a secret in her heart! If you have time, I will have a good talk with this Miss Weasley!"
Dumbledore did not doubt Ginny. After all, the Weasleys were both members of the Order of the Phoenix and could not betray him. He was just worried that Ginny had been bewitched by Tom...