Records of Zhen Nuo

"Suppression of Nuo" is a historical suspense novel set during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522-1566). The book has a total of 6 volumes and 120 chapters, with about 500,000 words. The story begins in the autumn of the 26th year of Jiajing. Gu Yan, a member of the Jinyiwei family, was demoted to Wusuo Village in the southwest for offending the powerful official Yan Song. He was accidentally involved in a bizarre Nuo sacrifice murder case. As the investigation deepened, Gu Yan teamed up with Awu, a disciple of the Nuo class, and uncovered a nationwide mining and silver corruption network layer by layer, from Wusuo Village in southeastern Guizhou to Tonggu Village, north along the Sichuan River to Yunmengze in Jingchu, and then to Bianliang and Beijing. The novel skillfully integrates the Nuo art in the southwest, the official struggles of the Ming Dynasty and real historical figures, perfectly combines folk suspense and historical anti-corruption, and presents a magnificent picture of various social situations during the Jiajing period.