In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the wind and clouds changed suddenly, the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty has become a thing of the past, there are constant disputes in various places, and the people are miserable, in this context, the scholar Huang Chao has repeatedly failed to pass the examination, and after winning the martial general Title, he was disliked by the emperor because of his vicious appearance, so Huang Chao fell off the list again.
At this point, Huang Chao also understood that it was not that his own ability was not good, the main reason was that this was a society that looked at faces, so Huang Chao revolted in anger, and after that, the Tang court was terrified, and Tang Xianzong had to compromise, saying that everything was good to discuss, and the leader of the rebel army could be allowed to become an official in the imperial court.
The leader of the rebel army, Wang Xianzhi, was moved, and Huang Chao was also moved, but only Wang Xianzhi was named by the emperor as the "Left God Strategist Army's Tooth", Huang Chao did not get anything, Huang Chao's expectations were disappointed, he finally understood that the imperial court was still that imperial court, the emperor was still that emperor, counting on them, he certainly did not have the day to emerge, so Huang Chao attacked the city with his own men and horses.
After three twists and turns, Huang Chao had won and suffered defeats, and the Tang court also felt a headache, and promised to give Huang Chao an official position, and Huang Chao pretended to surrender, but Huang Chao was too disappointed in the Tang court after all, and later he betrayed the Tang court, from Guangzhou to Xiangyang and captured Luoyang and Chang'an.
Huang Chao was brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, but because of his bad looks, like a monster that would eat people, the Tang court also made a fuss about it, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, it spread the news, saying that Huang Chao slaughtered the city, ate people, etc., the people believed it to be true, when they heard that Huang Chao's army was coming, they fled in a hurry, and after Huang Chao came with the troops, he found that it was an empty city, and his heart was also very depressed.
Huang Chao was also unwilling to "throw dirty water" at himself by the Tang court, but what could he do? His military division thought of a way, once Huang Chao led the troops to attack the Central Plains, the people heard the news and rushed to run, there was a Passing Daoist who only saw the escape on the way, a woman holding the eldest child, but let the young son walk, which made the Daoist feel that there must be something strange in it.
The Taoist priest also ran to the woman to inquire, and the woman told the Taoist priest that the big child she was holding was the orphan of her sister-in-law, and she had promised that the elder sister-in-law would raise the child, so she ran away with the big child, and the child was the woman's own child.
After hearing this, the Taoist priest felt very moved, knowing that the woman was an act of loyalty and righteousness, so he told the woman that as long as wormwood was inserted in the doorway of the house, Huang Chao's army would not dare to attack, and the woman trusted the Taoist very much, so she complied, and sure enough, Huang Chao did not disturb her life.
After that, the villagers planted wormwood in front of their homes one after another, no longer hiding from the Yellow Nest, and the lies of the Tang court were broken without attack, and the Taoist who pointed out the woman was actually Huang Chao's military master, and because the story of the woman protecting the bones of her sister-in-law spread, a wind of loyalty and righteousness was set off at that time.
In addition, because the Yellow Nest attack coincided with the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival had the custom of planting wormwood.