"Riding in the Red Dust: My Story of Survival in the Five Dynasties" tells the story of Xiao Chen, a modern scholar who accidentally traveled to the troubled times of the Five Dynasties. He struggled to survive from the mass graves in Bianjing to being trapped in the maelstrom of power in the Later Zhou Dynasty. He relied on modern knowledge to stand out under Guo Wei and Chai Rong, but he was involved in the "Pigeon Cage" spy network and the shocking conspiracy of the Chenqiao mutiny. In the intertwined love and hate with the female general of the Fu family, he witnessed the change of dynasties, survived under the Zhao and Song dynasties, and finally completed the epic tragedy of the time traveler in exile in Lingnan. This is a majestic epic that combines historical suspense and survival philosophy. The time traveler uses modern thinking to collide with the troubled times of the five generations. In the process of witnessing mutiny, reform, war and betrayal, he tries to reverse the fate of individuals and dynasties, and finally lays a shocking handwriting that subverts orthodoxy in a corner that is not recorded in history books.
