A tall, thin man in fine clothes who is suspected to be the killer behind the scholar burning cases. He is between thirty and forty years old, wealthy, well-upbringing, quiet and steady, often overlooked. He was likely once a jinshi whose title was stripped after the dynasty changed. He recently bought a red two-wheeled carriage. During the inn gathering, he loses control of his emotions when Fan Jian describes the scholar killings, revealing himself through his rage.