The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes and grinned, "So what? I am doing business with the Lin family in secret, so what's wrong with that? First, it doesn't violate the law, and second, it is our freedom."

Fortunately, they were afraid that the account book would be discovered, so they could not explain it clearly. At first, they recorded the accounts of cloth and dried fruits, and even if they put it on the surface, there would be no clues.

Tang Zhongbai frowned. From the information they had gathered about the Lin family, it seemed that the Lin family did have cloth and dried fruit shops, so what Lin Xiao said was not a problem on the surface.

Now he just had to wait for the account books seized from the Lin family. As long as there were discrepancies between the Lin family's account books and his, no matter how he argued, he could not get rid of the fact that they were using cloth and dried fruits to wash the accounts.

The amounts recorded in the account books are very large. It is impossible for cloth and dried fruits, which are only delivered every six months, to have such a large flow of money.

What Lin Xiao and the Lin family did behind the scenes must have been ill-gotten gains.

"Yes." Tang Zhongbai said nothing more and waited quietly.

The people in the surrounding cells heard the conversation between the two and learned that the man who had just been imprisoned might have killed fifteen members of the Lin family.

At first, she was afraid of him, but later, remembering what the Lin family had done in the city, she began to admire him.

Isn’t this the legendary hero who upholds justice?

Soon, Tang Si and Hu Daxin hurried over with a pile of account books.

"Sir, they are all here. I marked the account books of all the Lin family's shops. The ones with a red line on the cover are the ones I found at the Lin family." He whispered in Tang Zhongbai's ear, "The ones with black lines are the ones we found in the Lin family's darkroom."

"Well done." Tang Zhongbai praised him, "Tang San, look at the red line. Tang Si, look at these."

He divided the account book between the two of them and looked at Hu Daxin, who scratched his head and smiled, "Forget it, I only recognize my name."

Several people were working on the spot, and Lin Xiao looked at them coldly.

Tang Zhongbai opened the account book with a black line on the cover and frowned.

He knew all the characters on it, but when they were put together, he couldn't understand them.

The first column of the first sheet reads that on the third day of the third month of the second year of Yuanhe, twenty young pigs were collected and sold in the south for two thousand taels of silver.

What kind of piglet can be sold for one hundred taels a head?

Tang Zhongbai asked, "Daxin, you are a native of Suanzao County, do you know if the Lin family is in the pig business?"

"Live pigs? How is that possible? That kind of work is so dirty. The Lin family has no worries about food and drink by robbing and occupying. How could they do such a lowly business?"

Tang Zhongbai continued reading and found that on the tenth day of March, he collected ten Tailao animals and sold them in the southern part of the country for four thousand eight hundred and fifty taels of silver.

Tailao? Cattle and sheep for sacrifice?

He raised his head and stared at Lin Xiao for a moment, and saw disdain in his eyes.

A bold guess came to his mind that Lin Xiao was the head steward of the Wei family, and Wei Yuean had contact with the kidnapper.

Since Lin Xiao is between the Lin family and the Wei family, then everything makes sense.

They are trafficking in human beings, and the account books record the detailed inflow and outflow of their human trafficking.

This account book is the human trafficking account book they have been looking for.

These people sold all the kidnapped people to the south as livestock.

After thinking it through, Tang Zhongbai closed the account book. He couldn't bear to read any further.

"Don't look at them. They are not very useful." He looked at Lin Xiao again, holding up the account book and questioning, "These are all the evil deeds you have done. Mr. Lin, I thought you were so affectionate? You are just looking for excuses for profit."

He handed the account book to Hu Daxin and said, "The reason you killed the Lin family was because they felt that their share was too little, and asked you to increase your share, which angered you. The new and old grudges combined made you want to kill, right?"

Lin Xiao remained calm, as he knew very well that all the Lin family members were dead and there was no evidence, so Tang Zhongbai could not do anything to him.

"Tang Juecao has a very rich imagination when it comes to finding scapegoats for others. I am only doing legitimate business with the Lin family. What does what you said have to do with me? If you really want to use it to convict me, I am an ordinary citizen and naturally have no way to do anything." After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he sat back in the corner, leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and said no more.

Tang Si cursed: "The evidence is right in front of you, do you think there is no way out if you don't admit it..."

Tang Zhongbai raised his hand to stop him. This Lin Xiao was really not an ordinary person. He would not give in so easily.

Besides, these account books do not clearly state the name of the person in charge, so it is impossible to convict him.

They still have to work on these account books, there are bound to be loopholes.

"Let's go." Tang Zhongbai glanced at Lin Xiao coldly and walked out of the prison.

He turned and entered the women's prison.

The women's prison was very quiet, empty, and not as stinky as the men's prison. The sunlight shining in made it look more like a farmer's woodshed than a prison cell.

Jiang Muxia and another person were imprisoned in the innermost room of the cell. When he saw them, one of them was lying on a haystack, covered with a thick quilt and sleeping soundly, while the other was sitting opposite her, looking dazed with a sad face.

"Mu Xia, Mu Xia." Tang Zhongbai woke her up.

Jiang Muxia rubbed his eyes sleepily and sat up with his hands on the ground.

"How did you come?"

"I came to see you, how are you?"

Jiang Muxia stretched and yawned, "It's okay, I slept well and ate well."

With Tang San guarding here all the time, they didn't dare to torture her.

"Wait for me, I will definitely rescue you."

Jiang Muxia smiled indifferently, "Of course, I'm still waiting to go out and eat the Sukiyaki pot made by Madam Jiang!"

Tang Zhongbai was relieved to see that her mental state was not affected at all.

He turned to look at Zhang Chuncao and said, "Zhang Chuncao, the person who threatened you has been caught. He is imprisoned in the prison next door. Zhao Daniu is also waiting for you in Suanzao County. I hope you can see the situation clearly and don't do anything stupid again."

Zhang Chuncao rushed to the wooden fence and said happily, "You caught him? That's great, but what about my family? He has accomplices, and if I give them away, what if they kill my family?"

"Don't worry, Zhao Daniu came here to settle them down. They are fine."

Zhang Chuncao sat down on the ground. "That's good, that's good. Tang Juecao, as long as I identify him, this matter will have nothing to do with Miss Jiang, and she can be released?"

Tang Zhongbai shook his head helplessly, it’s not that easy.

This Lin Xiao is too cunning, and the evidence they have is too superficial.

Since there is no way to provide irrefutable evidence, he naturally cannot be convicted.

"Are you in trouble?" Jiang Muxia asked.

Tang Zhongbai helplessly told her about his current predicament.

Jiang Muxia walked back and forth with her chin in her hand, thinking about the key points her benefactor in her previous life had taught her to pay attention to when writing account books.

She walked to the window, and suddenly her eyes lit up as she thought of a crucial step.

She turned around and hurried to the wooden fence, saying, "You can compare the total entries in Lin Xiao's account book with the total entries in the Lin family's account book. If they are doing the same thing, the total entries will match."