In this short scene, we learn that the hero of the previous scene was killed by the Huns in the 13th year of the Song Dynasty, and that he was bestowed with the title of "the ardent" by the Emperor of China, . In the following year, he defeated the thieving huns and became known as the ardent. He was married to a woman of the same name, and they had a child. The next day, the war was to begin, and the two men went for a walk together. The narrator tells us that he had been drunk the night before and that the bath was ready for him. He says that he can do it himself and that there is no need for his help. He tells the man that he would not let him down if there were an afterlife. The man tells him that he is a man of his word and that