The county magistrate and the prison warden looked at each other, then followed the lawyer to the back hall with suspicion.

As soon as he came in, a trusted henchman brought by Song Zhang brought up a wooden tray. On it lay a dozen pages of books filled with densely written text and data. There was no cover, as if it was a part removed from a larger book.

For some reason, the county magistrate and the prison warden felt a tightness in their hearts and had a bad feeling.

The warden frowned and looked at the master, "What is this?"

The master was smiling just now, but at this moment, he suddenly put away his smile, his face darkened, his eyes widened, and he said in a low voice: "You two masters will know for yourself if you look at it! "

He was just a small master, how dare he speak to them like that? The warden's face darkened instantly, and he stared at him sinisterly, but he couldn't resist his curiosity and reached out to take out the things on the tray.

When I saw this, my hands started shaking uncontrollably.

He quickly read two pages and didn't dare to turn any further. His Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed hard. He raised his head and looked at the master again. The look in his eyes had changed from dissatisfaction to flattery and tentativeness.

"May I ask where did you get this account book?"

The lawyer didn't answer. Song Zhang's follower poured him a cup of hot tea, which he sipped slowly.

The county magistrate looked at the legal advisor suspiciously, then looked at the prison warden's panicked face, snatched the paper from his hand, and read it all.

The more he looked, the paler his face became, but he was much calmer than the warden. After all, his name only appeared twice in this account book.

The rest were all about the prison warden, from the previous year to this year, a total of eighteen pages, and every page was filled with the prison warden's name.

It was written on it that, on a certain day of a certain year and at a certain time, for a certain person or something, how much silver, cloth, tea, wine, and even the expenses at Concubine Pan's place were given to the warden. Everything was recorded in the book, no matter how big or small, even the money for the warden's half cup of tea in the teahouse was recorded.

The county magistrate looked at the trembling warden in shock, "You can't even bear to pay for half a cup of tea?"

The warden was so angry that he retorted, "You even charged the money for a meal to the head of the Jin family? How dare you say that to me? I thought you were a stone-cold person, but I didn't expect you to accept benefits from the Jin family behind my back! You used to be so self-righteous and looked down on me!"

The county magistrate sighed. The county magistrate's men were still sitting in front of him. Now was not the time to argue with the warden over such childish details.

The jailer reacted faster than him and knelt down, saying that he was forced to do it. He had an elderly mother and father to take care of, and a wife, children, and younger brothers and sisters to take care of. The salary in the government office was too low, and he was so poor that he had no choice but to help the golden toad.

The corners of the lawyer's mouth twitched twice. You can make up stories, keep making up stories, and I will believe you if you say that I am a pig!

The county magistrate's focus is different from that of the prison warden. Since the county magistrate asked the legal advisor to bring the account book over for them to see alone, it doesn't seem like they are going to have a falling out.

Although the county magistrate was a little flustered, he was still calm and asked the same question as the warden had asked before: "Excuse me, sir, where did you get this account book from?"

The pages had been torn off, so it would be useless even if they destroyed them on the spot. The original was still in the hands of the county magistrate, and he could crush it however he wanted.

The master then put down the teacup he had brought for show, stood up and said, "He suddenly appeared outside my master's door last night. I guess the bad guy has done too many evil things, and this time he hit a wall by chance. The good guy did a good thing."

The warden glared at him and said, "You are lying to children!"

How could the Golden Toad's account book fall from the sky? And it happened to fall right in front of Song Zhang's door?

The lawyer shrugged. He knew they wouldn't believe it, but he had no choice because it was the truth.

The account book was indeed the one who suddenly appeared at the door of his master's room!

Of course, it is possible that when someone delivered the account book, his parents were sleeping soundly and did not notice it at all.

The master wishes this good man a peaceful life in his heart.

Needless to say, Song Zhang's intention was not to clear out the government offices right now.

When he got the account book, he was disappointed as soon as he saw it.

From the entire yamen, from the constables to the county magistrate and the prison wardens, no one was left out.

The scope of the case is too wide. If this group of people are really dealt with, the entire county government system of Kaiyang County will collapse and there will be no one left to be used.

Therefore, Song Zhang just wanted to use the account book to make those who were sensible line up themselves, and for those who were not, he would pick out a few unimportant ones and drag them out to make an example of them.

Soon, the county magistrate and the warden came back from the back hall. Facing the Jin family's eyes that hinted at coercion, the two walked straight to their respective seats without tilting their faces, clasped their fists towards the people in the hall and said in unison:

"Everything we do is decided by the county magistrate!"

The lawyer nodded to Song Zhang, indicating that the matter had been settled.

So, a page of accounts was brought to the Jin family by the police, and they were asked whether this was the handwriting of Jin, the steward who served their biological father.

The eldest son of the Jin family responded subconsciously: "How come my family's account book is in your hands?"

Song Zhang: Very good, very smart, saves trouble.

Four officers rushed towards Captain Yu, knocked him down without knowing what was happening, and brought him to the court.

Captain Yu looked at the county magistrate in horror. He still didn't know why this happened.

As a result, the other party lowered his eyes and coldly read out the charges against him, including abusing his power for personal gain, accepting bribes from the Golden Toad for many years, detaining innocent people and releasing guilty people for him.

The jailer looked at the county magistrate in horror. It had only been a short while and he had already written down so many charges?

at the same time.

At Wangjiazhuang.

Wang Mawu and Concubine Pan, who also obtained a copy of the account book, looked at each other, sweating profusely and furious.

These are two account books of the escort agency. However, this escort agency closed down not long after the horse bandits in Kaiyang County were eliminated.

The existence of this escort agency is a common secret among the three evils. As soon as the horse bandits rob the escorts, the escort agency will collect high protection fees from the merchants and "risk" escorting the goods, and each escort is successful. The horse bandits cannot get any benefits when they encounter them.

Finally, the four parties share the profits and the benefits are distributed evenly.

At least this is the reality for Wang Mawu and Pan Meiren.

The horse bandits were already finished, and they didn't care whether the horse bandit leader thought it was fair or not.

But the parent-child account books in their hands now told them that this was not the case. The so-called balanced distribution actually resulted in the pawnshop getting 20% ​​more.

The two were very angry and the consequences were serious.

But now, the two of them felt even more trembling as they looked at the account book in their hands.

Wang Mawu took a deep breath and lamented, "I told you long ago that it was an evil ghost, but the golden toad refused to listen. Now, the three evils have become two evils. After a while, won't even you and I, the two evils, cease to exist?"

Lady Pan, who had never had the chance to come into contact with the "evil ghost" mentioned by Wang Mawu, secretly felt lucky that the things she liked did not conflict with her, otherwise, she might become the next golden toad.

At this point, Lady Pan touched her face in horror. Fortunately, her skin was still there.

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"What does it mean that she gave us the account book? Is she going to take action against us?"

Wang Mawu rolled his eyes at her and said, "We didn't provoke her, why would she want to kill us? She's not just doing nothing."

After taking a look at the account book, Wang Mawu already had an idea in his mind, "You are coveting the Jin family pawnshop, aren't you going to do something with this ready-made opportunity? The Jin family took 20% of our profits, I can't swallow this!"

Lady Pan raised her eyebrows, and the two of them should submit a letter of allegiance to the "Evil Ghost Lady" to express their feelings.

Kaiyang County looks as peaceful and tranquil as usual.

But people always feel that something has changed.