Firm in her resolve, Xiaomi didn't even bother to change clothes. She shoved the letter into her brother's hand and looked at her parents.
"Don't worry, Dad and Mom, my brother will be alright. Wait for me; I'll definitely bring him back."
After speaking, Xiaomi didn't wait for anyone to react and turned around, hurriedly leading her horse from the stable.
A whistle: "Ling'er, let's go find my brother!"
A magpie descended from the sky, landing on Xiaomi's shoulder. With a squeeze of her legs against the horse's flanks, she rode away swiftly.
Behind her were her parents and siblings calling out, but Xiaomi couldn't hear them, her mind focused solely on rescuing her brother.
But even though she was intent on rescuing him, she hadn't forgotten to prepare. The first step was to enter the city and storm into the County Magistrate's office to find the anxious Liu Hongcai and get a travel permit for the frontier.
