Chapter 1408： Tom is dead?

  Chapter 1408 Tom is dead?

   "Good evening, Tom, are you... going to close the store?"

  A brown-haired middle-aged man glanced at the empty bar, his eyes fell on the bar owner who was cleaning the table, and he raised his hand to greet him.

   "Not yet, but it's almost there." Old Tom threw down the rag and complained with a gloomy face. "It's been very bad recently, and there are a lot of people who eat and drink for free. They will go bankrupt sooner or later. What do you want to drink?"

   "A glass of fiery whiskey."

  The middle-aged man sat down at the bar.

   "I only have the cheapest liquor left in my cellar."

  After returning to the bar, Old Tom poured a glass of the cheapest malt wine for the old acquaintance in front of him, "I'll treat you."

   "You don't really intend to close the store, do you?"

  The middle-aged man stared at the free drink in front of him, very surprised at the situation at the Leaky Cauldron.

   "It's probably coming soon." Old Tom shrugged. "After the last batch of drinks are sold out, I plan to close this shop."

   "What about the Leaky Cauldron?"

  A young red-haired man approached, obviously surprised by Old Tom's decision.

   "What to do, anyone who likes to take over can take over, anyway, it's a loss-making business." Old Tom looked up at the visitor, seemed to think of something, and blurted out, "A bottle of Powell wine, right?"

   "Yes, it seems you still remember."

  Percy took a few Galleons out of his pocket and put them on the table.

"I've kept it for you since you wrote to me last time, and I'll get it for you." Naturally, Old Tom couldn't spoil all the good wine in the bar. , he quietly transferred most of the expensive drinks in the wine cellar, otherwise he would be harmed by the black wizard, and even his pants would have to be sold.

   "I knew this guy was hiding something good."

  The middle-aged man drank the malt wine in the glass in one go, put the glass heavily in front of Old Tom and said, "A glass of whiskey."

   "I won't sell it by the glass. If you want the whole bottle, I can sell it to you at a lower price." Old Tom said in a low voice, "I don't have much left in stock. I asked those guys to give it to..."

  Old Tom shut up suddenly, because some unwelcome fellows were walking into the Leaky Cauldron in a company.

  Well, it should be said that they walked directly into the bar, intending to go to the wine cellar to get ale.

   This is not the first time such a naked robbery, the boss Tom didn't even dare to say a word. He only gave Percy a look, motioned him not to say anything, and poured him a glass of ale by the way.

   After a while, several people came in from outside.

   Also went to carry the wine by himself, and it was obviously not the first time he did that.

   Drinking didn't seem to be enough, so he yelled at old Tom to get everyone something to eat.

  The latter nodded honestly and went to the back kitchen to prepare supper,

   It's just that, for some reason, Tom just doesn't come out of the kitchen.

   After waiting impatiently, the group went straight to the kitchen, only to find that the kitchen was almost empty, and old Tom was lying on the ground with blood on his forehead, dead or alive.

  The dark wizard looked at each other, holding the remaining ale in the wine cellar with a sullen face.

  As for old Tom, who cares if the old guy lives or dies.

  After the group of dark wizards had all left, they saw Old Tom coming out of the kitchen slowly, clutching his forehead, without falling down and passing out.

   "Are you okay?" Percy couldn't help asking.

   "Here, I'm leaving." Old Tom handed the things to Percy.

   "Are you planning to play dead?" The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows.

   "No, I can't go on with this day, and I plan to give up running the Leaky Cauldron for the time being."

  After Old Tom handed Percy the bottle of red wine that the other party ordered, he simply left the Leaky Cauldron and ran away, planning to find another place to collect help.

   "You should go back as soon as possible."

  The middle-aged man nodded towards Percy, then turned and left, leaving behind Percy Weasley, who was holding a red wine with a look of astonishment on his face.

   "You said we can't hide it from them?" Old Tom looked anxiously at his companions.

   "It should be possible. They will probably think that you are dead. If you add more fuel to the situation, they will believe it." Lee Jordan actually came to cover Old Tom's retreat today.

   "That's good." Old Tom breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that after he left the Leaky Cauldron, other dark wizards would take the blame on his family.

  Dark wizards have very low integrity and can do anything.

  The next day, people heading to Diagon Alley suddenly got rich. There was no one in the Leaky Cauldron, only an empty bar. Many wizards speculated that Old Tom was killed by Death Eaters.

   In this regard, the dark wizards who have done evil things can't quibble, even if there is a voice saying that Old Tom fell to his death by himself, no one will believe that kind of nonsense.

The news of "Old Tom's death" spread quickly in Diagon Alley, and everyone was in danger for a while. They knew about Old Tom's situation, and many shops closed because of this, for fear of causing trouble to themselves. .

   This matter soon appeared on the wizard watch station. Lee Jordan, who knew that Old Tom was still alive, still chose to contribute to the flames and helped the famous Death Eaters to gain enough hatred.

   "Aren't you afraid that they will know that you are talking nonsense here?" Shanna looked at the extremely excited Lee Jordan quite speechlessly.

"I talked to old Tom about it, and he agreed to it himself." Lee Jordan explained to everyone, "He's worried that some dark wizard will do something too much if he knows he's still alive. It's a good idea to play dead." choose."

   "By the way, I also met your brother."

   "My brother?"

   "Percy." The little girl reminded.

   "Oh, what happened to him?"

   "You suspect that guy is actually one of us?" George said in a strange tone.

   "If he is really on the side of the Death Eaters, it may be difficult for Old Tom to be persuaded." Lee Jordan felt that this matter was a bit strange.

   "No, he is on the side of interests." Fred sneered.

"I remember that Percy's girlfriend seems to be in the association." Lee Jordan seemed to think of something, so he sent someone to find Penello. The former Ravenclaw prefect heard about Percy Afterwards, the reaction was relatively calm.

   "We have been separated for a long time. He said he was worried that it would affect me, so we separated."

  Penello reacted very coldly when talking about this matter, and didn't even use Percy's name, but directly used him to refer to it.

   "So, that guy is really our spy hiding in the Ministry of Magic?" The Weasley twins couldn't help but widen their eyes, it was hard to believe this.

   "I don't know, I'm afraid you have to ask Albert." Penello walked away.

   "It should be true. Most likely it has something to do with Albert." It is not a surprise that Shanna fell to the ground. If Percy Weasley really joined the Death Eaters, Tom would not die so easily.

  (end of this chapter)