Song Cheng noticed that the atmosphere was dull at most of the tables, except for Wu Yang's which was lively. The New Year's Eve dinner couldn't be without an atmosphere. So, he proposed a riddle guessing game while they ate.
He initially wanted to propose duet games, but there were some constables who couldn't even recognize characters, hence guessing riddles was much quicker.
Song Cheng started: "Let me give you all a riddle: Year's end, abundant in fish and rice. Guess a character!"
Song Cheng only realized that the constables didn't understand characters and couldn't play duets, but he forgot that they also needed to be able to read to solve the character riddles. Hence, they continued eating. Only the scholars at Mo Wenxuan's table attempted to answer: "The character 'Lin' from 'fish scale'!"
Song Cheng nodded in satisfaction, saying he'd reward the correct answers later.
When everyone heard about the rewards, they became more enthusiastic.
