At home, Lin Fan found that everyone was busy except him.

Among them was his father and mother, who were busy discussing various specific matters of the engagement with the Lu family. Especially the Gu family, who was almost happy from yesterday to now, couldn't wait to take Lin Ruxian to the Lu family early in the morning, and still hasn't come back.

Only himself, wandering around the house alone, doing nothing from beginning to end, no one wants to let him interfere, laughing and letting him go back to rest.

Lin Fan was helpless, he had to go back to the room alone, lying on the bed bored, wandering out of the world.

Lin Fan enjoyed this rare peaceful time comfortably, accompanied his parents all day long, burned incense and made wishes.

Of course, out of etiquette, if he wanted to see Lu Qingya again during this time, he would definitely not be able to see him.

In this way, he had time to go to the martial arts hall to inspect the drills of the villagers. Let An Ning and Wang Hu seize the time to hand over the affairs in their hands and prepare for departure.

will also discuss with Lu Shaofu the future training arrangements, mainly if there is an opportunity in the future, Lu Shaofu can take the initiative to take people to clean up the small bandits around.

First, it is to train soldiers in actual combat and cultivate military morale; The second is to protect the territory and the people, so as to prevent these bandits from becoming more serious in the future and prevent them from happening.

In short, the peaceful and beautiful times are always so short-lived, and February is here in a blink of an eye.

Due to the approaching itinerary, Lin Fan's crown ceremony and his engagement with Lu Qingya were also his own affairs, and he did not alarm too many people.

On this day, Lin Fan and the crown, although the various ceremonies are simple, but the Lin family has a centuries-old tradition, and Lin Fan has officially become the young patriarch of the Lin family, so this crown ceremony is still very cumbersome.

finally completed a series of processes, and waited until Lin Ruxian personally wore the crown for Lin Fan first, and the crown ceremony was finally completed.

Lin Ruxian tidied up the crown belt for him who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Fan'er, today you are considered an adult, and it is time for your father to give you a table word!" ”

Lin Fan said: "It's all up to my father!" ”

"Then you can say Le'an!" As if remembering something, Lin Ruxian said with a smile.

"Actually, I didn't come up with this word of yours, but your husband said it in his letter. He said that the phenomenon of troubled times is gradually rising, and I hope that you will be safe and happy in this life, which is why you have this word! ”

From today onwards, Lin Fan, the word Le'an!

At the end of Lin Fan's crown ceremony, Lin Ruxian exchanged the marriage letters of the two families with Lu Wenzhao on behalf of Lin Fan, and finally under the auspices and witnesses of some elders in the two clans, these procedures were completed.

On the sixth day of February, it is good to travel!

The river is dangerous, more than ten miles wide, and it is difficult to cross in ancient times.

On the side of the Jiangzhou ferry, a building-shaped warship of the Jiangnan Provincial Navy Division is moored at the wharf, the building ship is several feet high, and it looks quite majestic and magnificent.

A hundred armored soldiers lined up on both sides of the warship, standing with halberds, waiting for Lin Ruxian and others to board the ship. This building ship was sent by the general of the navy division to escort Lin Ruxian across the river.

On the ferry, Lin Ruxian and his wife and Lin Fan were saying goodbye to Lu Wenzhao and others, and Lin Fan's two cousins, Lin Shao and Lin Qingyang, stood behind Lin Ruxian.

Lin Ruxian said with a smile: "You have to say goodbye to sending you a thousand miles in the end, big brother doesn't have to send it anymore, go back quickly!"

Lu Wenzhao said sadly: "Yes, after so many years of getting along, I didn't expect you and I to be separated again so soon." Say goodbye today, I wonder when you and I will see each other again? How many days later, will you leave again? ”

Lin Ruxian smiled freely: "Big brother, I have been at home for a long time, and there must have been criticism in the court, if I don't leave, I'm afraid that the documents urging me to go on the road will come down!" Mountains and rivers meet, big brother, goodbye, see you in the future! ”

He turned his head to Gu and Lin Fan and the others and said, "Madam, let's go!"

Gu nodded, Lin Ruxian took the lead and walked towards the boat, Gu said goodbye to Mrs. Lu and turned to follow.

Only Lu Qingya, who ran out, reluctantly took Lin Fan's hand and quietly put something into his hand before he got on the boat.

Lin Ruxian waved goodbye to Lu Wenzhao and the others on the deck, only to hear Lu Wenzhao suddenly say loudly at this time: "Ruxian, I know that you don't like officialdom fighting, and you are cheating, if you really don't want to, don't embarrass yourself, then come back!" Big brother will always be your big brother! ”

Lin Ruxian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, his nose was a little sour, and tears almost burst out of his eyes, he solemnly bowed to Lu Wenzhao and responded: "Big brother, I know!"

He turned back to the general at the head and said, "Sail!"

The general acted as ordered, and the ship moved slowly and left the ferry.

Lin Fan looked at the shadow that was getting farther and farther away, more and more blurred, and saw that she had been looking at the riverside, refusing to turn around and return. It wasn't until the scenery on the shore became blurry that the figure disappeared.

Then he looked down at the palm of his hand, where there was a gift she had given him, or rather, it was her heart.

This is a Jinpa, Lin Fan knows that Lu Qingya has a lively and active personality, and she has always hated female celebrities the most. This time, he embroidered such a brocade for him with stitches and threads, and he must have suffered a lot.

The embroidery on it is not the common mandarin duck playing in the water or the lotus flower; Rather, it is a tree of red beans, and it is decorated with two lines of small characters on the side. "A tree of red beans sends acacia, looking forward to the king's thoughts!"

Qingya is right, she is a flying bird and is destined to travel far away.

It's just that she doesn't know that in her heart, she and the Jiangzhou Lin family are her own bird's nest. No matter how high or far he flies, he will one day return home.

Lin Fan looked deeply at this handkerchief, looked at the red red beans that were as dazzling as blood, and after a while, he put away this handkerchief, carefully folded it, put it in his arms, and put it close to his body. Only then did he raise his head and look at the scenery around him.

Nowadays, the river is not the flood season, the water flow is gentle, although there is no sense of grandeur, but it is still endless.

From far and near, I saw some island stars, scattered around, and the withered yellow reeds of Jiangxinzhou swayed with the breeze.

Not far away, more than a dozen fishing boats cruised in the center of the river, and the horns of the fishermen on the boats came and went, echoing each other, a picture of peace and tranquility!

Looking at this, Lin Fan frowned, and suddenly shouted loudly: "The situation is not right, everyone should strengthen their vigilance!"

However, it turned out that these fishing boats did not look abnormal on the surface, just like ordinary fishermen kept casting nets to catch fish; But now that the spring cold has not gone, the river fish is thin and small, and it is not the best fishing period.

Even if some fishermen were forced to come out to fish for their livelihoods, it would never be possible to have so many fishing boats in such a small area as the official ships traveled. The most important thing is that these are all big boats, and they don't even have a small boat sampan!

Moreover, these ships seem to be normal, but they are intentionally or unintentionally approaching the official ships they are on, and they have gradually formed a situation of encirclement.

Under Lin Fan's instructions, the Lou Boat Battle General shouted loudly at them: "Who are you, dare to approach the imperial navy warship, and don't leave quickly!" If you get closer, Hugh will kill you! ”

When the people on the fishing boats heard the shouting, they knew that they had been exposed, and they stopped hiding it, and more than thirty people came out of the cabins of each boat.

These thieves are all armed and murderous, driving fishing boats towards the warship at high speed, and the absolute comer is not good!

Before the thieves arrived, the locust-like arrows had already arrived first, and the soldiers on the building could not dodge, and several people fell to the ground on the spot, wailing incessantly.

Lin Fan stretched out his hand to pull up the warrior who was lying on the deck in fright, covering his head with both hands as a shrinking turtle, grabbed his neck, and roared loudly: "Bastard, do you want to die? If you don't want to die, get up and command the enemy! ”

Don't look at these sergeants, when they usually oppress the people, they all look majestic and majestic, and Lao Tzu is the best in the world. At this time, when they saw the bandits menacing, they were all so frightened that their faces were bloodless and panicked.

The first general was even worse, although he was pulled up by Lin Fan, he was already so frightened that he couldn't even speak.

Seeing that he was so unbearable, Lin Fan waved his hand and threw him on the deck, letting him slump under his feet like mud. Lin Fan said to the army: "What are you panicking about! It's just a group of rabble that scares you like this, can't our Jiangnan Dao's sailors even beat a group of small water bandits? Don't let me look down on you, let me see the power of our Jiangnan Dao sailors! ”

Immediately afterwards, Lin Fan quickly ran to Lin Ruxian and said to Lin Ruxian: "Father, it's dangerous here, you and your mother should go back to the cabin to rest first!" I'll leave it to me here! ”

Lin Ruxian didn't have a trace of panic, he looked as usual and said calmly: "I don't go in, since the thieves are all coming for me, how can there be a reason for others to work hard for me, and I hide myself?" You don't have to worry about me, I'm here to watch you kill the enemy! Let me see how well you learn the art of war! ”

Gu Shi grabbed Lin Ruxian's hand tightly, although she looked very nervous and a little worried, she also knew her master's temper.

She looked at her husband, then at her son, sighed, and smiled in relief. didn't say anything, but grabbed Lin Ruxian's hands tighter.

Steward An also stood motionless behind Lin Ruxian, and his choice was naturally self-evident; Even Lin Fan's two cousins, although they had never experienced such a scene, their faces were a little pale with fright, but they still resolutely pulled out the swords at their waists and stood up to guard Lin Ruxian and his wife.

"Haha, good! Since the father said so, there is a father here to watch the battle and see how the child kills the enemy! Uncle An, two cousins, take care of my father! Tranquility, let's go! Lin Fan took in everything, drew his sword in the same way, and strode forward to the deck with An Ning to command.

The composure of the Lin family father and son infected the army, and the sergeants saw that Lin Ruxian, who was a high-ranking official of the imperial court, not only did not go to the cabin to take refuge, but instead watched the battle with arrows and encouraged the morale of the army, and they couldn't help but quiet down, looked at Lin Ruxian and his son, and waited for the next instructions.

Once the army's morale is stable, it can finally organize a counterattack.

Lin Fan quickly ordered: "You all listen to me, from now on, everything is under my full command!" If you don't want to die, let me go back to my place, and the teams will cooperate in battle, and use the crossbows in your hands to aim at every enemy ship for me. ”

When the soldiers heard the order, they quickly returned to their positions, took out their crossbows from their waists, and aimed them at the enemy ships.

Lin Fan looked straight ahead at the bow of the ship, staring intently at these enemy ships, listening to the observation soldiers report the distance of the surrounding enemy ships. He could even vaguely see the expressions of the brazen sailors on the ship, and hear their unbridled laughter!

Sixty steps! Fifty steps! Forty steps! Finally, after hearing that the first fishing boat had entered the range of thirty paces, he spat out a sonorous word: "Release!"

In an instant, a hundred arrows were fired, and the arrows drew a graceful and cruel arc, and flew into the enemy formation in the blink of an eye.

The blood bloomed, and almost every enemy ship had people hit arrows and fell to the ground, and even more than a dozen people lost their center of gravity under serious injuries, fell from the boat, and fell into the icy river.

This round of arrow rain caused a commotion in the enemy formation. But after a while, I saw a flag-bearer waving the flag on a boat, and the bandits received the order and quieted down again!

In the spirit of revenge, the enemy ships approached faster. This kind of reaction, such bravery, it can be seen that the bandit leader is not an ordinary person!