Upon reexamining the text, I do not see any tablets or anything similar in chapter 28. Chapter 28 is titled "The Prison Register," and it details the events of an envoy (Edmond Dantes in disguise) coming and inquiring about Dantes's crimes and his appearance on the register.
During the event, the envoy inquires about Abbe Faria and Dantes, and he is told about the tunnel that the two had been digging. In their discussion, they talk about how Dantes "accelerate[d] his escape" by hiding in Abbe Faria's body bag after the man died—however, they speculate that Dantes wasn't expecting the body to be thrown into the sea.
They conclude that Dantes must have necessarily drowned (much to Dantes's pleasure), on the assumption that it would have been extremely unlikely that Dantes survived being thrown into the water in a body bag.
Additionally, the envoy is allowed to view the prison register, where he (covertly) views the evidence that was used to condemn Dantes. Thus, the disguised Dantes is able to discern, beyond any doubt, the men who falsely accused him.
There is no mention of tablets or anything similar in the text—unless the registry itself is what was implied in the question.
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