A regular customer at Junwei Restaurant, around twenty-three or twenty-four years old. He wears a semi-new cyan scholarly robe and has an outstanding appearance with a refined bearing out of place in the marketplace. He claims to be a failed scholar preparing for the spring imperial examinations, but Shen Lingyi senses he is no ordinary man. He is knowledgeable about medicinal properties, pharmacology, and the customs of Yangzhou. He defended Shen Lingyi against Mrs. Wang's slander by citing legal consequences for slandering an official.
