"Letter?" , Xiaohu perked up, "Who wrote the letter to Miss?" ”

"I don't know", Xiaowen shook her head and said: "The letter was handed to me by Xiao Luanzi, who sent firewood to the kitchen on weekdays, and said that someone asked him to transfer it to Miss, as for who it was, he didn't say who it was, and I handed it over to Miss directly after I got the letter." ”

"Where's the letter?"

"I don't know, maybe Miss put it in the room, right?"

"Find it! Call a few more people, and be sure to find out that letter for me!" Zheng Jingtao said immediately.

"Yes, sir!" , Xiaowen stood up and hurriedly went out.

"Old man Zheng, let's look for other clues, and once we find that letter, please let me know." , Nie Xiaohu stood up and said.

"Definitely!" , Zheng Jingtao also stood up, "Nie Zhutou has bothered a lot!" ”

"It should be", Xiaohu nodded slightly.

Out of Zheng's house, Nie Xiaohu said: "Now we will divide into two ways, Tang Yibin and I will go to Han Wei's house to take a look, and the three of you will go to find the little Luanzi who sent firewood and ask who asked him to send the letter." ”

"Good!"

Xiaohu found the housekeeper Zheng Tianjun and explained the situation to him, and Zheng Tianjun immediately sent two subordinates to lead Nie Xiaohu and Shi Yuning to the residence of Han Wei and Xiao Luanzi's house.

Let's talk about Nie Xiaohu, and asked as he walked: "Is there anyone else in Han Wei's family?" ”

"If you go back to adulthood, Han Wei's parents have passed away a long time ago, and he is alone, and he lives by stealing chickens and dogs on weekdays, and no one in the village doesn't know him." , the Zheng family who led the way replied.

After a short time, the three of them came to the west of the village, and the Zheng family pointed to a dilapidated wooden house and said, "Oh, this is it." ”

Came to the door, there was a rusty iron lock hanging on the door, Nie Xiaohu took out the copper key, looked at it with a frown, and tried to insert the key into the lock hole, sure enough, it couldn't be opened, Tang Yibin found an iron hammer, and according to the iron lock, "click", the iron lock broke in response, and the Zheng family next to him was speechless.

Pushing open the door, both of them were surprised, only to see that the house was turned into a mess, clothes and bedding were thrown everywhere, obviously someone had taken the lead, Nie Xiaohu looked at everything in the house, and his brows furrowed.

Entering the house, Nie Xiaohu carefully looked around, in addition to a bed, a table, a wooden box containing clothes and a few clothes and bedding on the ground, there was still a small iron box left in the corner, Nie Xiaohu also found a small hole under the bed, the hole was square, and the bluestone cover on it had been lifted and put aside.

Nie Xiaohu picked up the small iron box in the corner and put it in the hole, just enough to put it in, it seemed that this was the place where Han Wei hid his valuables, he couldn't help but shake his head, sighed softly, and opened the iron box.

There were two small pieces of loose silver in the tin box, about two taels or so, and other than that, there were six keys, and nothing else. Nie Xiaohu's gaze fell on the six keys. The six keys are all copper, no rust, each key is tied with a thin rope with a small wooden card, the wooden card is written "next, next two, next six, middle three, middle six, middle eighteen", Nie Xiaohu looked at the key, and suddenly found that there was a wooden card in the iron box, the wooden card said "middle thirty", but the strange thing is that there is no key on the wooden card.

"It doesn't look like it's an ordinary burglary, the silver in the box is still there, it should be specifically looking for something, right?" , Tang Yibin said on the side.

Nie Xiaohu didn't seem to hear it, and looked at the key and wooden card in the box intently, his eyes lit up, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Let's go, go back and hear what's going on with the three of them."

The two returned to the Zheng family compound, but what they didn't expect was that Shi Yuning and the three of them were already waiting there.

"How? What's the catch? Xiaohu couldn't wait to ask.

"That little Luanzi's name is Liang Xingluan, and his old mother depends on each other, making a living by collecting firewood, but for some reason, Xiao Luanzi and his mother are gone, the door is locked, and I heard that the neighbors nearby said that they went to relatives, I asked around, and they didn't have any relatives at all." , Shi Yuning said.

"It looks like they should have run away, they are old and young, they shouldn't be able to run far." , Mao Guangjian said.

"I've had people look around," Mr. Liu said.

Xiaohu nodded.

"Oh no! Xiaowen committed suicide! This is, the housekeeper Zheng Tianjun ran over while shouting.

"What?!" , everyone was shocked.

"Steward Zheng, don't worry, say slowly, what's wrong?" , Xiaohu looked at the breathless Steward Zheng and said.

"Just now, someone found that Miss's personal maid Xiaowen hanged herself in her room!"

"Lead me quickly!"

Under the leadership of the housekeeper Zheng Tianjun, Nie Xiaohu and the five came to a room, Zheng Jingtao and Hua Yanlai stood in the room, and when they saw Xiaohu and others coming, the two sides greeted each other politely.

"Alas!" , Zheng Jingtao sighed and said, "This stupid girl, why can't you think about it like this?" ”

"It seems that Xiaowen committed suicide because of the death of the young lady, and she couldn't think about it." Hua Yanlai shook her head on the side.

Xiaohu observed the room, there was Xiaowen's body flat on the ground, there were obvious strangulation marks on the neck, and there was a white silk tied to the beams of the house, and there was a wooden stool that fell to the ground under the white silk, the wooden stool was made of precious rosewood, and the stool surface was covered with a layer of black cowhide.

"Who found it and when?" , Xiaohu asked.

"I found it", a subordinate next to him said: "Xiaowen was watering flowers in the garden this morning, I was fetching water in the kitchen, and I happened to see her when I passed by the garden, and everyone was there at lunchtime, except for Xiaowen, so I came to call her, but I didn't expect to see her hanging on the beam." ”

Xiaohu nodded, turned to Zheng Jingtao and asked, "Old man Zheng, have you found that letter?" ”

Zheng Jingtao sighed and shook his head.

Nie Xiaohu picked up the rosewood stool and looked at it.

"I don't think Xiaowen committed suicide, but was victimized!" ，

"What?" , everyone present was amazed.