Rue essence was extracted from a plant of the Rutaceae family. It had a certain detoxifying effect. Its medicinal properties were mild and could help Ron recover from the poison. However, Ron was saved mainly because of the Calculus Bovis. Without the Calculus Bovis, he would have died on the spot.
As soon as Harry finished speaking, George said in a low voice, "My God, thank you for thinking of the Calculus Bovis!"
"Thank God there was one in the house," Harry said with lingering fear. He couldn't help but shiver at the thought of what would have happened if he hadn't found the small stone.
However, the most important thing at the moment was to figure out how Ron had been poisoned.
Harry was very curious. Why was the wine that Slughorn gave Ron poisoned?!
What had happened today had a hint of evil in it. First the aphrodisiac, then the fatal poison …
It was too much of a coincidence. It looked as if it had been deliberately arranged to bring disaster to Ron.
If it weren't for the fact that Ron wasn't worth anyone's effort, Harry would have thought that what had happened today had been arranged.
"This is so weird," Hermione murmured.
"It is!" Harry said immediately. "What do you think is going on?"
"Well …" Hermione didn't answer immediately. Instead, she was thinking about another weird assassination. Was it related to the attack on Katie?
As she thought about it, she glanced at Elwyn worriedly.
After the last incident, she and Elwyn had discussed it for a long time and learned some information from Elwyn.
Compared to Hermione's doubts and speculations, Elwyn was sure what was going on. It was another poisoning assassination that was full of loopholes.
It could only be said that Ron was too unlucky. Why was he always the unlucky one?
For him, being poisoned twice was a coincidence. If he hadn't ingested the aphrodisiac, or if it hadn't happened at breakfast time, he wouldn't have gone to Slughorn for help, and he wouldn't have touched that bottle of poisoned wine.
Maybe Slughorn would drink the bottle himself or bring it out at the next Slug Club meeting.
Anyway, the one who was poisoned in the end would not be Ron. Fortunately, he was fine.
As for Slughorn giving the wine to Dumbledore, Elwyn didn't think it was possible.
The headmaster preferred desserts to oak-aged mead, and he hardly ever drank with Slughorn.
Speaking of which, regardless of whether it was Ron's misfortune or fortune, he really couldn't let Malfoy go on like this. His third-rate assassination methods would only cause accidental injuries. After this incident, even if Elwyn didn't say anything, Dumbledore would have taken some measures.
"So, the poison is in the wine?"
"Yes," said Harry. "Slughorn, take it off the table …"
"Could he have put something in Ron's glass when you weren't looking?" asked Fred suddenly.
"It's possible!" said Harry uncertainly. "But why would Slughorn poison Ron?"
"I don't know." Fred frowned. "Do you think he might have mixed up the glasses? Or was he trying to hurt you? "
"Why would Slughorn poison Harry?" asked Ginny.
"I don't know. I'm just guessing," said Fred, "but there must be a lot of people who want to poison Elwyn and Harry, right? The newspapers are talking about them every day, especially Harry, the savior of the world. Those Death Eaters want you to be poisoned. "
"So, you think Slughorn is a Death Eater?"
"Anything is possible," said Fred gloomily.
"He might have been cursed by the Soul Snatching Curse," interrupted George.
"Stop guessing. Slughorn is innocent," said Elwyn. "He's a very smart and powerful wizard. It's impossible for him to be cursed by the Soul Snatching Curse, let alone a Death Eater. If he wanted to poison Harry, he wouldn't have done it so obviously. He had plenty of chances."
"Do you think it's possible that the poison was put in the wine? That way, Slughorn might have been the one who was poisoned. "
"But who would want to kill Slughorn?"
This was the same as specifically poisoning Ron, it was completely meaningless.
Of course, things were a little different. After all, Slughorn was much more important than Ron.
?? "I remember Dumbledore saying that Lord Voldemort wanted to pull Slughorn over." Harry said, looking at Elwyn. "Slughorn had been hiding for a year before he came to the Hogwarts. Besides, maybe Lord Voldemort wanted to get rid of him, thinking that he might be valuable to Dumbledore."
"Oh, that's true." Elwyn nodded. "Slughorn was the dean of Slytherin Academy at the time, and Lord Voldemort was his student. He knew a lot about Lord Voldemort's past when he was still a student, some of which were things Lord Voldemort didn't want people to know. If there was a chance, Lord Voldemort would definitely be willing to kill him."
"Even if Lord Voldemort wanted to kill Slughorn, it sounds ridiculous to do it by sending him a bottle of poisoned wine."
"Of course, Lord Voldemort wouldn't do it himself. Someone else sent the wine to Slughorn. Just like the incident with Katie, this was a lame murder." Hermione analyzed and became more and more certain of her guess. "Harry, I remember you just said that Slughorn wanted to give the wine to Dumbledore as a Christmas present, but he didn't succeed. So the poisoning started around Christmas. Gifts sent at that time wouldn't arouse suspicion, and it's been a long time, so there's no way to trace it. But obviously, the poisoner didn't know Slughorn very well. Those who knew him knew that he probably kept all the good things for himself, so..."
"Ugh, ugh, ugh!" Ron suddenly shouted hoarsely.
Hermione stopped her analysis immediately. Everyone looked at him worriedly, but Ron started snoring again after shouting a few times.
???? The next second, the ward door suddenly opened. They were all startled.
Hagrid strode in, his hair dripping with rain, his coat flapping behind him. He held a crossbow in his hand and left muddy footprints the size of dolphins on the ground.
"I've been in the woods all day!" He gasped. "Little Glop doesn't like rainy days. He's been making too much noise lately. Aragok's situation is getting worse. I have to read something to them! I just came back for dinner. Professor Sprout told me about Ron! How is he? "
"He's fine. Madam Pomfrey said he'll be fine."
"I can't believe it!" Hagrid looked down at Ron, shook his big, messy head, and said gruffly, "I just can't believe it. Look at him lying there … It's too weird that he was poisoned. Who would want to hurt him?"
"That's exactly what we're talking about," Harry said.
"We all think that no one would want to hurt Ron. It's just bad luck that he was poisoned," Elwyn answered.
Although he had said it many times before, he still had to admit that Ron was really unlucky.
Look at his tragic experience over the past few years. Who could explain why he was always so unlucky?
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