The Capital Patrol Inspection Office was unusually quiet today.
Even though there were many people gathered outside the front gate.
People of all kinds stood silently at the entrance to the Patrol Inspection Office.
Green Badges hung at every waist.
When Jiang Wang left home today, he had hung his Fourth-rank Green Badge on his belt too, right beside the white jade his younger sister had given him.
The Green Badge was slightly larger, the white jade slightly smaller.
Layered together, their green and white colors stood out distinctly.
Jiang Wang spotted Lin Youxie at once, her head wrapped in a green kerchief.
She was still dressed in men's clothing, standing alone in a corner of the crowd.
Someone tried to offer her words of comfort, but her face was blank, and her eyes didn't move.
Most people simply kept their distance from her.
The Four Great Green Badge Families were an indelible part of the Green Badge system's history, and had made an indelible contribution to its founding and development.
But in the end, they had faded away.
Viewed across the entire history of the Green Badges, the Four Great Green Badge Families' contributions deserved the respect of every Green Badge constable. But within the system itself, when it came to the distribution of personal interests, there was inevitably conflict.
How had Lin Youxie so easily secured the position of Deputy Patrol Inspector? Of course it was thanks to the lingering influence of the Four Great Green Badge Families. Even if she had not held much real power, her rank was already equal to Yang Weitong's.
The collapse of the Green Badge families had objectively opened up more positions, giving others more opportunities.
So, from Li Youjiu's execution by dismemberment a few days ago to Uriel's death today, whether