In the middle of the night, Luo and the other guests arrive at the city gate. They are greeted warmly by the master and his son, and they are invited to a banquet. Luo tries to convince them to go, but they refuse, saying that they are guests of the city. He tells them that he has given up drinking, and that he would like to toast them, but that if they get confused, they should stop pretending. He says that the wine and snake venom in the wine are the same thing as the venom of a snake, and he feels that he is the lucky one.