The local education officer and exam supervisor (Teaching Assistant Ma). He harbors resentment toward Gu Qingyan, calling him obstinate and disrespectful. He deliberately criticized Gu Qingyan for handing in his exam paper early. He hoped Gu Qingyan would fail and planned to kick him out of the county school once Magistrate Hong left. He enforced exam regulations strictly, even preventing clerks from covering Gu Qingyan with a coat.
