The government official who announced Wei Chi's success in the imperial examinations with gongs, drums, and firecrackers. He expected to receive reward money from the Wei family. After witnessing the farce of Madam Wei fainting and Jiang Lanyue's plight, he was thoroughly entertained and planned to gossip about it with his colleagues for the next two weeks. He accepted a heavy purse of tea money from Jiang Lanyue and offered her a word of comfort with pity, forming a negative impression of Wei Chi.
