He was laid off at the age of thirty-two and followed his girlfriend back to Datong to live in a B&B under the ancient city wall. On the day the wall was demolished, a stone tablet engraved with the name of the eminent monk Faguo of the Northern Wei Dynasty was dug out of the cellar. Dharma fruit tied imperial power and Buddhism together and disappeared from the world. That night there was a sound of metal banging in the cellar, and the next day there were new scratches on the wall - no one had been down there. Liu Ye, who has been guarding the next door for forty years, said that under this courtyard is not a monument, but a road. The first guest left two words before disappearing: leave quickly. But Cui Ling said she wouldn't leave. Then I won't leave either.
