Nie Xiaohu frowned again, "Until now, all the clues have been broken, the hateful murderer, cunning enough!" It seems that if you want to know who the murderer is, you can only hope that the little Luanzi will be recovered. ”

Then I thought about it again: "But I can't wait here, in case I can't find it for three years and five years, can I keep waiting?" Nie Xiaohu looked at the key in his hand and fell into deep thought.

"What should we do next?" , Tang Yibin asked.

"Keys, someone has to do it, doesn't it?"

Nie Xiaohu's eyes lit up, "If you find someone with the key, maybe there will be new discoveries!" ”

"Little stone, how many locksmiths are there in the county?" , Xiaohu asked.

"I want to think about it", Shi Yuning frowned and thought for a while, "Three, one on West Street, one on East Street, and one on the west end of the village." ”

"Let's go to East Street first!"

"Nie Zhutou, are you leaving?" , Seeing Xiaohu and the others going downstairs, the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

Xiaohu nodded slightly at the shopkeeper, did not speak, and quickly walked out of the inn.

"Hey! The key...", before the shopkeeper finished speaking, the five people had disappeared.

The five of them came to East Street, inquired, and soon found the locksmith's shop on the street.

The shop is small, the surrounding walls are covered with all kinds of locks, and a middle-aged man at the counter is intently fiddling with a round iron lock.

"Master, your surname?" , Xiaohu came to the counter and asked with a smile.

The man put down the lock in his hand, raised his head and glanced at Xiaohu and the others, "Don't be expensive, my surname is Zhang, everyone in the village calls me Zhang Locksmith, several officials, do you want to buy a lock or a key?" ”

"Master Zhang", Xiaohu said with a smile, "I'm here to ask you for advice." ”

"Oh? What's up? ”

"Look at this", Xiaohu took out the copper key and handed it to the locksmith, "Do you see if this is the key you made?" ”

Locksmith Zhang took the key and looked at it, then handed it back to Xiaohu, shook his head, and said, "No"

"Then do you know which master made this thing?"

"I don't know", replied very simply.

"Master Zhang, think about it again?"

"If you don't know, you don't know." , Zhang Locksmith didn't raise his head to speak, and seemed a little impatient.

"Damn, our tiger boss asked you in a good voice, are you still dragging it?" , Shi Yuning glared at him and grinned.

"Forget it", Xiaohu sighed lightly, "Let's ask another one." ”

"Damn, go back and settle accounts with him, *&%¥#@", Shi Yuning scolded and turned around and walked out.

"Wait, I'll think about it again", the locksmith finally spoke.

Xiaohu was amused in his heart, keeping the smile on his face just now, and quietly looked at the locksmith.

Locksmith Zhang pondered for a moment, "Your key was made by Old Man Wei in the west of the village. ”

"Oh? How do you see that? ”

"Do our business, everyone has their own mark, so that it is convenient in the future, all the locks and keys I make, on its surface will be engraved with a plum blossom, the West Street Sun locksmith is engraved with a triangle, and the old man Wei in the west of the village is engraved with two circles set together."

Xiaohu nodded, he had looked at the key countless times, and knew that there were two circles engraved on the handle of the key.

"Thank you!" , Xiaohu hugged his fist.

The locksmith lowered his head again, continued to fiddle with the work in his hand, and no longer paid attention to the little tigers.

"Let's change into casual clothes this time, it seems that we can't ask anything if we dress like this", Nie Xiaohu thought about it and said.

"Okay, Tiger Head, we'll do whatever you say!" , Shi Yuning shrugged helplessly.

The five of them changed into civilian clothes and came to the west end of the village, where the houses were next to each other, all of them were low and dilapidated houses, and it was immediately clear that this was a place where the poor lived. The five of them inquired as they walked, but they didn't know how many alleys they had drilled, how many street corners they had turned, and finally, they found Old Man Wei's shop in the dark corner of a small alley.

It is said that it is a shop, it is better to use the word shack to describe it more appropriately, more than ten square meters of shack, the top is hung with all kinds of keys and locks, like wind chimes, the wind blows, jingle as a sound, there are bamboo curtains hanging on all sides, the right to be the wall, in the corner of the shack, it is a "bed" made of thick felt, blankets and other things, and at this time, there is a person lying on the bed with his side facing in, is sleeping heavily.

Nie Xiaohu gently lifted the bamboo curtain, and the five of them entered the shack, and the sleeping person didn't seem to notice it, and continued to have his sweet dreams.

"It's business!" , Suddenly, Xiaohu howled, startling Tang Yibin and the other four.

"Ahh The sleeper screamed as he rolled out of bed to the ground.

The man got up on the ground, rubbed his eyes with both hands, opened his big mouth and yawned, and suddenly a strange smell rushed to the nostrils of Xiaohu and the others, and the man stretched out his limbs and stretched a long lazy waist, and then looked at the five people in front of him.

Xiaohu saw the appearance of this person clearly, with a big head on his short stature, black and thick hair, slightly dark complexion, hooked nose, big mouth, a pair of small eyes with bright eyes, a small pinch of beard on his chin, and a look in his thirties, at first glance he looks like a little orangutan.

"Why don't you knock when you come in? How rude! The "little orangutan" sat on a small bench with a high-pitched voice like a bird's call.

"Door?" , Xiaohu looked around in wonder, "Where is the door?" ”

"Isn't it right here?" , "Little Orangutan" lifted the bamboo curtain around him, and Xiaohu saw clearly that there was a small rectangular bamboo curtain under the middle of the bamboo curtain, which looked like a door.

Nie Xiaohu couldn't help but laugh, but Tang Yibin and the others couldn't hold back anymore and laughed out loud.

"What's so funny?" , the "little orangutan" seems to be a little upset.

"This", Nie Xiaohu scratched his head, "This little master? ”

"What little master? Who is the little ~~~ master! The "little gorilla" said in a lengthened voice.

"And what do you call it?" , Nie Xiaohu pursed his lips.

"My name is Old Man Wei!"