Also known as Cui Erping in his childhood. He used to live in the west end of the village and was taken in by Grandpa Jiang after his parents died during a famine. His uncle later took him away and changed his name. Two years ago, he attained the rank of Tanhualang and was appointed as Imperial Recorder responsible for compiling the Diaries of Activity. He returned to repay Grandpa Jiang's kindness with expensive gifts including century-old wild ginseng and lingzhi. Qi Heng suspects he may have been sent by The Eldest Prince to investigate the Tong Kuang.
