Lord Wang was stunned, and the people outside were also shocked.
"Sir, can you summon me as a witness?" Gu Pianran said calmly.
"pass."
Soon, Gu's men came into everyone's sight, bringing a middle-aged man. The man was tied up and brought up by Gu's men.
Lord Wang frowned and looked at the people below.
"What does this mean?"
Gu Pianran didn't speak, but the people around her spoke.
"Reporting to the Lord, this person is the culprit behind the poisonous cream."
"What's going on?"
The person who spoke this time was not Lord Wang, but Lord Zhao.
"The man tied up is a worker in our Gu's workshop, named Xu San. Yesterday, following the eldest lady's instructions, we went to the workshop to settle everyone's wages. We ran into this guy secretly burying something. When I approached him to inquire, he turned and ran away."
"After we caught him, we found a packet in his arms. I asked him what it was, and he simply said he'd bought some powder for his wife, but she didn't like it, so he was going to throw it away. I was cautious and took a little out of the packet. After a closer look, I realized it didn't look like powder for women. I happened to run into Doctor Xu treating Aunt Wang's grandson next door, so I let him take a look."
"Doctor Xu told me that this wasn't a powder at all, but a poison called Sucuihong. I thought there was something wrong with the cream we were producing, so I immediately arrested him. Under our questioning, Xu San admitted that he had added this substance to the raw materials, which was why people who used Gu's cream had this condition."
The people listening to the trial outside the door all looked surprised.
They no longer know whether to choose to believe or not.
"Do you think this is true?"
"You don't look like you're lying."
"Have we wrongly blamed the Gu family?"
Such voices came from the crowd. Bei Yutang didn't need to look at the people who were talking to know that they were the people arranged by Gu Pianran to guide the public opinion.
As those people continued to say this, someone spoke up to refute them.
"There's no such thing as a coincidence. They just happened to run into me before the trial."
"I don't believe it. This is clearly Gu's hiring someone to take the blame."
"Why didn't I notice it before? Now I see it. This is so fake."
"Are you taking us for fools?"
"They're acting."
As these voices rang out, the wind direction originally guided by that person changed back.
The innocent people who are just watching the show don’t know who to listen to.
"Your Excellency can send a message to Doctor Xu for inquiries."
"Call Doctor Xu."
Doctor Xu came to the classroom.
"When did you meet the Gu family's steward? Tell me in detail what happened that day."
Doctor Xu began, "That day, I took a job at the Sun family's house to treat their grandson. On my way out, I happened to run into Manager Gu. Manager Gu showed me a packet of white powder. Upon closer inspection, I discovered it was the rare Sucuihong. Sucuihong is a poison. Once contaminated, the victim will first develop rashes and bumps all over their body. These bumps will then begin to rot, eventually corroding the skin all over, leading to death."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone gasped.
Lord Wang hurriedly asked, "Is there an antidote?"
Doctor Xu shook his head. "It's difficult. The Sucui Red Grass people only know it, but they don't understand it."
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