The head of the Wen family, which had been the wealthiest and most powerful in Jiangnan for over fifty years. He had a peculiar hobby of keeping a group of boys aged ten to fifteen in his backyard. He blinded all the servants in his backyard to prevent them from being seen by others. He was extremely cruel, treating the boys like they were not human. Xie Ye vowed revenge against him and eventually wiped out the entire Wen family, with not a single member surviving.