I opened a blind box at Hogwarts

Chapter 186 The True Face of Professor Ford
In the evening, Joshua took Xiao Hei for a walk in the corridor of Hogwarts as usual. Ever since Harry moved into his dormitory, Joshua would do this every night, so as to prevent Joshua from always letting himself be distracted by his imagination. severely traumatized
Joshua just walked in the corridors of the castle swaggeringly, not worried about the night watch professors and Filch at all, Xiao Hei has a good nose and is very obedient, as long as it smells the smell of the professors, it will promptly Take Joshua away.

And Mrs. Norris was their internal response, and Hogwarts Castle at night almost became his back garden.

But tonight he didn't want to take a walk as aimlessly as before. He made an appointment with Fred and George to meet in the abandoned classroom at the bottom of the corridor on the fifth floor, and the Weasley twins were going to show Joshua something amazing.

Joshua came to the abandoned classroom on the fifth floor as promised. Fred and George had already arrived, and they couldn't wait to pull Joshua.

Fred held an old parchment in his hand, and it seemed that this was the only thing they wanted to show Joshua, the legendary Marauder's Map.

Joshua raised his eyebrows and said, "That's all, just the Marauder's Map, I know."

Joshua also looked for the Marauder's Map for a while, but after he got the small silver key, the Marauder's Map was useless to him, and the Marauder's Map was considered a relatively important plot prop, so Joshua never touched it up.

But now that the Weasley twins were twitching in front of him, Joshua angrily took out his wand and pressed it against the blank Marauder's Map in Fred's hand.

"I solemnly swear that I did no good."

Numerous black ink lines emerge from the blank parchment, extend and intertwine with each other, and finally a map of Hogwarts emerges, including of course the method of opening the secret passage.

At the same time, a few lines of text appeared on it:

Prongs, Moon Face, Wormtail, and Padfoot welcome you to use the Marauder's Map, and we will serve as your guides to show you the style of Hogwarts.
Although I know that the Marauder's Map has the thinking and character of the creators, it is very curious to see it with my own eyes for the first time. How did they do it back then.

Fred on the side exclaimed, "Joshua, how did you know that George and I also passed the test to get the password!"

George followed up, "Yeah, we got the password after completing a lot of pranks they arranged!"

"A prank?" Joshua frowned. "It's their arrangement that you guys messed around all over the place a while ago!"

Regarding the Weasley twins, Joshua is unwilling to say anything more, and Joshua is not willing to interfere too much with their own wishes, and now that he has seen the Marauder's Map, Joshua wants to be happy, after all, as long as he For night tours, the kitchen is a must.

"Okay, I've seen the Marauder's Map, so I'll be leaving first~" Joshua led Xiao Hei and was about to open his mouth, but was stopped by Fred.

"Joshua, do you remember the riddle we found on the mysterious map last year?"

Fred stopped Joshua and asked, and George read out the words at the right time to remind Joshua.

"The knight's sword peak will be your beacon. The proverbs are hidden in the ancient wisdom. Step into the crimson fire road, and you will see the eternal brilliance."

Fred fingered the Marauder's Map. Joshua looked down and saw a pair of footprints on the other side of the hall on the first floor, and the name note next to it was "Knights"!
The footprints on the Marauder's Map show the people in Hogwarts Castle in real time, and this "knight" does not move on the map, and it does not look like a person from the name.

This is superficial and intentional. Joshua looked at the Weasley twins at this moment, no wonder they always looked excited during the day.

Joshua guessed it right away, the two of them called themselves out at this point, presumably to find out, Fred also asked Joshua and agreed, anyway, idle is idle.

Joshua planned to use the Portkey to take the two of them to the hall, but before starting it, Joshua saw two pairs of footprints on the Marauder's Map and two familiar names.

Estrea Ford and Lucius Malfoy.

Who knows how Lucius got into Hogwarts Castle, but he was once a student of Hogwarts and a school manager, so it's not surprising that he can grasp some secrets.

It's just that it's strange for the two to meet in the Astronomy Tower in the middle of the night.

Joshua and the twins talked about it, and they were equally curious, so they agreed.

Joshua took the twins with the Portkey and moved to the bottom of the top floor of the Astronomy Tower.

I don't know whether they were intentional or not. Professor Ford and Lucius were both wearing black robes, and they were really unrecognizable in the dark night with dim stars.

Moreover, the two of them did not speak very loudly, and Joshua and the twins approached with extreme caution to hear something.

"Lucius, I came here to be a professor, not because of your small thoughts."

The voice came from Professor Ford, and it sounded like she was tirelessly annoying. She was actually annoying Lucius?
"Esteria Ford, don't forget that the minister didn't ask you to come here to be a serious professor, and this is just a small request of mine. In exchange, I will give you a generous reward."

Lucius' words verified Joshua's previous guess. After all, the position of Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professor has long been notorious, and there are only three kinds of people who can take the initiative to take the position.

Those with bad brains, those who can't get along outside, and those who have a purpose.

And Professor Ford herself is not the first two, so she has to take the initiative to serve as a professor of defense against the dark arts with some unknown purpose.

You may ask Lockhart, he does not meet the above three conditions, so of course he is the most special. It is not good to be an outstanding wizard that everyone looks up to outside with his character, and he came to Hogwarts to play the clown?

Most likely, he was caught by Dumbledore while casting the Forgetting Curse, and then threatened to come.

I always feel that the plot of the story is like the essence, and fortunately Dumbledore is upright, and Lockhart is still a man.
The Weasley twins were not overly surprised, just slightly surprised, and then more curious, they listened to what happened to Professor Ford and Lucius.

"Asteria Ford, listen to me, I will tell the Minister all about your actions!"

Seeing that good words were not enough to persuade Lucius, he began to threaten him with harsh words.

But Professor Ford didn't seem to like his day, and his tone always had an irrelevant attitude.

"Go and tell him, I have no objection."

"you!"

Lucius is extremely corrupt, you can't say a complete sentence for a long time.

(End of this chapter)