A local wealthy magnate who took a liking to Fang Yu'an after the provincial examination results were posted. He offered ten thousand strings of cash and his beautiful daughter in marriage, but Fang Yu'an refused. Enraged, he set fire to Fang Yu'an's house, hired people to ambush and beat him on his way to Jingcheng, stole his travel expenses, and planned to have him killed the moment he arrived in the capital. His men were lurking outside the Song residence.
