With these thoughts, Fang Ze subtly adjusted his sitting position so that he could better listen to Wang Hao relay the crucial information. Afterwards, he asked, "Oh? Did you see anything interesting?"
Upon hearing the "mysterious person's" words, Wang Hao hurriedly sat up straight, and then began telling Fang Ze about what happened after he entered the brick house.
He said, "I actually followed Sir Yang in front of that brick house, and my heart had already cooled quite a bit."
"After all, the brick house was unimpressive in appearance, and it didn't look particularly well-defended."
"However, when he unlocked the door and took me inside, I discovered that there was more than meets the eye."
"Behind the wall of the brick house, there was actually a hidden tunnel."
"A tunnel?" Fang Ze asked curiously.
Seeing the mysterious person's interest, Wang Hao quickly nodded, then said, "Yes."
"The tunnel led directly to the Paradise District of the Red Light District."
"Walk a few hundred meters down the tunnel, and you would come to a secluded courtyard on Qingfeng Ancient Street in the Paradise District."
"Entering the courtyard, it's filled with all sorts of colorful flowers, almost like a garden."
"And at the very center of the courtyard stands a small temple, one person tall, taking up seven or eight square meters of space."
"The small temple is carved from a single piece of opaque crystal, adorned with some beautiful floral patterns, looking both delicate and elegant."
Hearing Wang Hao's words, Fang Ze nodded thoughtfully, forming a guess in his mind.
Then, he listened as Wang Hao continued, "How should I put it? The overall layout of the courtyard is different from ordinary ones."
While speaking, Wang Hao gestured, "It's shaped like a large circle enclosing a smaller one."
"Moreover, because the area is filled with flowers and the temple in the middle is particularly small, it kind of looks like a tomb."
He went on, "At first, I wanted to take a closer look at the temple."
"But Sir Yang grabbed me and said we couldn't go in, or we would be detected by something inside."
"Sir Yang told me that over the years, the gang had rotated quite a few members to care for the place. But only he is still alive because he is always cautious. He never gets curious."
"Then, through his stories, I found out what had really happened."
"How to say it... he hadn't lied, but he didn't tell the whole truth either."
"He did have a secret task. But it was actually a very minor secret task... It could hardly be called a task. It was just a job given by the gang."
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"That is, to water and fertilize the flowers on the perimeter every day, and to regularly replace the wilted ones."
Hearing this, Fang Ze nodded slightly.
He thought that made sense.
Given the old man's identity and his position within the gang, he clearly wasn't truly a confidant of the gang leader but should be an insignificant character.
And such an insignificant character couldn't possibly have any secret tasks.
Doing something on the periphery of a secret task, , was actually more logical...
While Fang Ze was thinking this way, Wang Hao also said, "According to him, everyone who comes to work here has been subject to an 'Awakening Ability' to ensure silence."
"Even in death, they cannot reveal the secrets here."
"Furthermore, people here often die out of curiosity or carelessness when they approach the temple, ending up dessicated. So the information about this place never gets out."
"Out of curiosity, I asked him why he was able to speak."
"He proudly told me that it was because he was one of the earliest elders in the gang. The silencing order given to him was by the first generation leader."
"Later, after the second-generation leader took over, I was silenced again."
"But when the third generation of the Qingfeng Gang took over, the gang was in chaos. Although I was still imposed with the silencing ability, for some reason it didn't work, and the gang did not investigate thoroughly, so I slipped through the cracks."
"However, he has always been cautious and reclusive, so for over a decade, he never talked to anyone about this."
"Without leaking any information, of course, no one ever confirmed whether the silencing ability was still effective."
"Aside from the silencing ability, there were also some surveillance or checking devices there."
"But Sir Yang had spent so much time in the garden that he knew exactly where those things were placed, when there would be problems, and how to avoid them."
"That's why he dared to bring me to have a look."
Fang Ze patiently listened to Wang Hao's narrative, waiting until Wang Hao paused before asking, "So, apart from the flowers, did you discover anything else?"
Wang Hao was clearly getting more and more excited as he spoke, saying, "Yes, there is!"
Pausing briefly, he then added, "Actually, it wasn't me who discovered it, it should be said that Sir Yang told me."
He said, "Because I was very curious about the temple, I asked many questions about it."
"After hesitating for a while, Sir Yang really told me some things."
"He said that the temple seemed not to be a fake, and that it seemed as if a god truly resided within."
"That God, every day, would absorb and exhale some strange breath."
"He said that around six o'clock in the morning, the entire Flower God courtyard would be suffused with a faint pink breath, which smelled like musk, exceptionally sweet."