Chapter 367: Court trial (on)

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Some time after the party ended, Lucius began to run around for his son, and Malfoy stayed in his home and spent a relatively stable time.
The final hearing is scheduled for Friday.
There was no public hearing.
The news was blocked very well. Under Umbridge's "recommendations" and means, the trial was limited to a small circle, and the results will be announced to the public only after the conclusion.
Presumably, with the help of the Daily Prophet, public opinion will soon be changed.
The Malfoy family rushed to the Ministry of Magic early. Compared with the previous lawless lawsuit against Dumbledore, Lucius was more relieved. This time, their mood was much easier.
Especially Lucius, Chengzhu in the chest.
Narcissa even secured different privileges for her son to wear handcuffs. The chains on the armrests on both sides of the chair did not maliciously restrain him when he was tried.
They all came very early, and Malfoy was sitting on the chair in the middle of the room, staring at the rows of empty benches that stretched from low to high.
He was not worried about the outcome of this trial and was already doomed.
Then, the door was opened, and the dim light illuminated the dark room. Some people came in one after another, sitting in turn with the help of the dim torch light that was better than nothing.
A middle-aged man walked at a great pace, dragged his robe, and took the initiative to walk to the first row, sitting with Lucius.
"Lucius, I hope that after this trial, I may be able to surprise my daughter. The kid in your family can give me some gas." Hector Parkinson said with a frown, and patted Lucius intimately. Shoulders.
It is equivalent to cheering in disguise.
"Wait and wait." Luciusk nodded, leaning his cane against the seat.
Dozens of jury members wearing fuchsia robes began to enter the court, just after they found their seats and sat down one after another, there were ten rumbling bells above their heads. After layers of stone walls, came to the courtroom.
Time is up.
"If everyone is here, I think I can start, okay?" Umbridge said, dragging her delicate voice.
It must be said that Umbridge would seem annoying if he squeezed himself and controlled his boss.
But when she was approaching someone's favor, her convenience was beyond imagination.
For example, now Malfoy sees that most of the jury members who are now under the stage are giving him a kind smile and nodding, Umbridge takes a large part of the credit.
Of course, his father also exerted a lot of energy.
It is good enough to make many neutral people fall towards them.
There are a few exceptions, and the gaze looking at Malfoy is full of hostility and doubt.
A man sitting in the front row, his brown hair resembles the hair of a lion, but it was scattered, and his eyebrows were deeply sunken, and he looked very horrified.
Rufus Scrimgeour, who was staring at the front with his big staring eyes, was not angry.
As a strong contender for the previous minister, he was not afraid of Umbridge's near-inaction strategy.
Especially now that Dumbledore is dead, the situation is even worse, and a radical person is needed to stand up and carry the current situation.
In his eyes, Malfoy was very suspicious and worthy of heavy torture.
Umbridge stood for him again and even extended his hand to the Wiesengamo court, many of whom were lobbied by her.
The impact of Dumbledore’s death was not limited to Hogwarts, just look at the speeches that Dumbledore gave here not long ago, and his testimony against his students. Many people at that time were deeply convinced. , Now the direction has changed.
The position is extremely easy to change.
Percy of the Weasleys stood respectfully behind Umbridge, using a quill pen to keep recording what was on the parchment, and then stopped again, waiting for the court.
Malfoy glanced at him, and even saw Professor McGonagall, who had only seen him not long ago. Her eagle-like sharp eyes shone in the dark courtroom, staring at him motionlessly.
That's pure scrutiny.
Of course she didn't know that the Hogwarts riot not long ago was caused by Malfoy.
And it's gone.
Because nothing seemed to be lost, and no one was injured.
Of course, Ron’s nose injury should not be counted, and after Madam Pomfrey’s treatment, he healed all night.
The other anomaly was that Pansy was distracted all day.
But no one would associate this with the riot, would they? Who cares about the psychology of a female student? At this age, emotional changes are normal.
The school then took another day off, which was considered to ease the situation. The course was resumed the day after the funeral.
Just the evening before the resumption of the course, she was ready to fulfill her duties as a new principal. When she started her office, an owl banged a red envelope on the glass window and broke into her office.
After tearing open the envelope, she read through the thin lenses and received an audit request from the Ministry of Magic.
So came here this morning.
Looking at Malfoy on the podium, she still felt inexplicably sentimental.
Last time, Dumbledore also stood in the same position and was questioned, but now everything is wrong.
For the performance of this student, she still hopes that he can be innocent and looks forward to being persuaded.
This is out of a teacher's vision, and there is no normal teacher who wants his students to go astray, especially her somewhat old-fashioned and stubborn witch.
"Okay." Umbridge cleared his throat and tapped the small hammer on the table in front of him.
With the two sounds of "Boom", everyone's attention was attracted.
"To save everyone's time, how about we skip the charges against Mr. Draco Malfoy? After all, at the last court trial, everyone already knew what happened to him."
The jury members began to whisper ~EbookFREE.me~ seems to be the scene of the trial before recalling.
Few people raised objections.
Because most people's positions are clear before the court.
In the previous court trial, Dumbledore spoke eloquently, and the rebuttals of several witnesses forced Lucius to a dead end. If it was not for him at the last moment because of the departure of Azkaban, he could completely conclude the coffin.
But with his "death", the situation turned upside down.
Victim and witness Barty Crouch did not even know that he had not participated in this new court trial for any reason.
Now, almost all the factors that are unfavorable to Malfoy have been cut, and the favorable factors are dominant.
Coupled with Umbridge's deliberate guidance, everything is moving in a good direction.
Whitewashing, under the temptation of power and wealth, does not seem to be as difficult as imagined.