The message was sent from Central State Yuchang Prefecture to He'an Prefecture; Vice General Lan and his men were greatly shocked when they received it. That young man, who was matchless in bravery in the suppression of the river bandits, was suddenly gone.
"Is the message certain? Could there be a mistake?" Vice General Lan really couldn't believe that Qin Er Lang had just died and anxiously questioned the soldier who had come from Yuchang Prefecture to report the death.
That soldier said: "The message is absolutely certain. Our general even had people search the mountains for several days but found no intact body... The general has already ordered that the remaining pieces of the body be burnt; I've brought Qin Er Lang's ashes and a set of clothes to you, please quickly dispatch someone to take me to Qin Er Lang's home, to give these things to his family."
