Chen Xing sat at the bottom of the statue, the whole person was immersed in this wonderful state, this feeling was extremely subtle, indescribable, in his experience, it seemed that a long time had passed, but in reality, only an hour had passed.

Slowly opening his eyes, the feeling of exhaustion disappeared, and the excited thoughts filled his body seemed to leak out of his body. After calming down a little, Chen Xing found that the sky had darkened, there was no change in the surroundings, pedestrians were still coming and going, no one paid special attention to the young man sitting under the statue of the Merlion, and occasionally some tourists who were obviously from Japan and South Korea would only show the figure sitting in a corner next to the Merlion when the flashing lights flashed when the lights flashed during the photo session.

This kind of change in temperament can not be quantified, it is different from ability, but it is closely related to ability, just like the difference between the so-called Tao and the realm of Chinese Taoism, but at this time Chen Xing still does not understand, he only knows the pleasure and self-confidence generated from the depths of his heart, tightly surrounding himself, even in the face of any dilemma and problem, can be crossed, can be solved.

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A few blocks away from the Merlion's statue, Singapore's City Hall, an ancient British building is quiet and serene in the sea breeze of the tropical maritime climate and shaded by a row of sparse coconut trees at the front door.

Although it was a Sunday, the lights in the prime minister's office on the third floor were still on, and the current prime minister, Wu Dongliang, sat at his desk and signed documents.

Today, with rapid economic development, Singapore is known as the "Asian Tigers" and the fourth largest international financial center in the world, which is inseparable from the efforts of the two national leaders.

Singapore's first Prime Minister Lai Quang Quang was known as the "Father of the Nation of Singapore", on June 3, 1959, the Singapore Autonomous State was established in Malaysia, and the People's Action Party led by Lai Quang Guangming became the largest party in the parliament in the first election of the autonomous state, and Le Quang Quang became the prime minister of the autonomous state government. On August 9, 1965, Singapore became independent, and Lai Quang Quang served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore, stepping down in 1990, and Wu Dongliang succeeded as Prime Minister on November 28, 1990.

Singapore's two prime ministers have a high degree of unity in their governing philosophy, that is, the development of "state capitalism" and the promotion of racial harmony are the core policies of the government. Under this premise, 30 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Singapore has developed into a beautiful country with world-class ports and international airports, a well-developed tourism, communications, finance, education and free economic system, a clean and efficient pro-business government, and preferential and flexible tax policies. Today, Singapore is a veritable world financial center, trade center and technology center. More and more enterprises and entrepreneurs from all over the world have set up companies or offices in Singapore to serve as the Asia-Pacific regional headquarters or business management center.

All countries in the world recognize that Singapore's development to the extent it is today is closely related to "time, place, and people", and fully grasps the pulse of the development of human history. But is that all?

At 19:20 in the evening, there was a knock on the door of Prime Minister Wu Dongliang's office, and after the prime minister agreed, the young and beautiful administrative secretary pushed open the door and walked in. "Prime Minister, Director Huang of ISD (Internal Security Service of the Department of the Interior) has an urgent matter to see you, do you want him to come in?"

"Let him in. Putting down the Montblanc pen in his hand, Wu Dongliang stretched, rubbed his neck that was a little sore, and replied to the secretary.

Medium-sized, well-proportioned, and shrewd-faced, ISD Director Wong, who was probably in his early 40s, hurried into the prime minister's office on the weekend wearing only a tracksuit and a folder in hand. Without too many superfluous words, he directly handed the folder in his hand to Premier Wu. He was always calm, and said in a hurried voice: "Prime Minister, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I think it's necessary for you to take a look at this as soon as possible." ”

Wu Dongliang took the folder handed over by Director Huang, looked through it carefully, and said to Director Huang at the same time: "It's a bit of a gaffe, what makes you anxious like this?"

Without waiting for Director Huang to answer, Wu Dongliang's face had changed drastically, and he got up suddenly. Because he had quickly read the contents of the document, there were only a few sentences: "On December 10, 1995, from 18:10 to 18:30, the compass pointer of the Merlion Statue for 24 hours of monitoring shook violently, and from 18:44, the compass pointer changed its initial direction to the north and changed to 360° irregular shaking!

Wu Dongliang couldn't care about his gaffe, and directly instructed the secretary: "Contact the old prime minister immediately, I have 100,000 urgent matters and need to visit immediately." ”

At 20:00 in the evening, the study room of the residence of Singapore's old Prime Minister Lai Quang Khanh Ngang. The gray-haired old prime minister frowned, his hands were on the desk and he slowly rubbed his temples, sighed deeply, Li Guangming raised his head and said slowly to Wu Dongliang and Director Huang of ISD, who were sitting around the study: "On August 9, 1970, the 5th anniversary of our independence, the pillars were also there. At first, there were some dissenting voices, but after the old man showed some means, he subsided. In May 1972, under the efforts and supervision of Lin Langxin, the Merlion statue was completed, and until today, our achievements in Singapore are obvious to the whole world. Compared with the seven years before 1972, how difficult our development is, then in the 23 years since 1972, how rapid our development is. This watershed is the pillar of the pillar that knows best, and Xiao Huang also understands it all after becoming the ISD director. ”

After a pause, Li Guangming picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, and then said slowly: "Most ordinary people don't believe in this kind of thing, but the three of us should be clear and should have our own judgments, and now there are many cases in ISD's top-secret archives, right?"

After another pause, Li Guangming slowly took off a string of bracelets with a dark luster from his wrists, slowly coiled them in his hands, and continued: "At that time, in addition to leaving that compass as the eye of the Feng Shui Bureau, Lao Zhenren also gave me this bracelet, saying that it was for peace and health, I believe it, and I also believe in the Feng Shui Bureau. I have firmly remembered the words of the old man - if the compass needle keeps the initial state of the establishment of the Feng Shui Bureau to the north, Singapore's national fortunes will be prosperous for at least 100 years. I don't want to have a hundred years of prosperity, which is enough, and in the future, I will have my descendants to continue to work hard. To this end, we also funded the establishment of four Taoist temples in Singapore, Taiwan, and Huaxia for the disciples of Lao Zhenren, and the disciples of Lao Zhenren preached by the abbot, which can be regarded as a contribution to the Taoist Longhu Mountain lineage. ”

Li Guangming's hand trembled slightly, sighed heavily, and said: "Since the Merlion statue was built in 1972, we have kept people in the underground Array Stone Room 24 hours a day to monitor the compass, 23 years, never stopped, hey......"

Glancing at Wu Dongliang, Li Guangming said, "I'm worried......"

Then he looked at Director Huang and said, "You immediately contact the disciple of Daoist Zhengyangzi in Singapore to see if you can contact Lao Zhenren, he should have been 100 years old back then, right?

In this brief meeting, Wu Dongliang and Director Huang basically did not intervene, and their identities are destined to know a lot of inside information than other high-level government officials. However, Singapore is destined to be the Singapore of the Lai family, and no matter how the regime changes, as long as Lai Guangming is in one day, in a major matter, what anyone needs to do is to carry out the instructions of the former prime minister, and that's it.

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On the way back, Chen Xing passed by a Cantonese tea restaurant and ordered a bak kut tea and a Hainanese chicken rice, which was regarded as a special snack in Singapore, and also solved the problem of dinner by the way. There is a bookstore not far from the tea restaurant, Chen Xing went in and picked up some learning books and spoken tapes about Malay, Filipino and Indonesian, and prepared to surprise these three languages tonight, after all, these three languages belong to the Malay-Wave Lenesian language family, and there are many commonalities, and Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines are not far from Singapore, if there is a chance, Chen Xing wants to visit.

It was already 21:00 in the evening when he returned to Aristotle, Chen Xing gave the "little ghost" on duty on the side of the ship two oranges he bought on the way back, told him not to doze off, and walked to his cabin. When he returned to his room, he found that Captain Pan had already rested, so he didn't bother him.

Today's mood is very good, I feel in a state, after peeling two oranges and eating them, Chen Xing began to learn a new language. This time, it only took two hours, and the three foreign languages have basically been mastered, and the rest is to apply them proficiently in practice, this learning speed makes Chen Xing himself excited.

After writing today's diary briefly, at about 24:00, Chen Xing came to the exercise area on the deck, except for the wheelhouse and the personnel on duty at the side of the ship, everyone had already fallen asleep. After Chen Xing did a set of daily basic exercises, he came to the roof of the wheelhouse, sat on the helicopter landing symbol, and looked at the harbor around the dock, he still felt that his adrenaline was too much, and he was excited without a trace of sleepiness. Chen Xing felt quite satisfied with today's harvest and the improvement of his ability, and he could understand it, but what kind of substance was the breath that flowed from the Merlion statue into the Linglong Sumeru Ring, Chen Xing was confused, but after all, it was beneficial to himself, right?