Liaozhai Story: The Great General not only quelled the bandits, but also destroyed the youkai when he returned

There was a great general named Zhao Liangdong, who passed through Chengdu after quelling the rebellion of bandits in China. The inspector of the city personally went out of the city to greet him and arranged for him to rest in a small courtyard. However, the general hated that the place was too small, and planned to spend the night in an abandoned mansion in the west of the city. The inspector said to the general, "It has been abandoned and locked for more than a hundred years, and there are monsters in it, so it is safer to live here." ”

The general smiled and said, "I have been fighting in the south and the north for many years, killing countless people, and if the demons and ghosts have spirituality, they will definitely be afraid of me!" So he sent someone to clean up. The general put the luggage in the side room, lived in the main house, and used the weapons he usually used as pillows when he slept.

At two o'clock, the general suddenly heard footsteps in the house, only to see a tall man dressed in white, with a big belly, standing in front of the bed, because he was carrying an oil lamp, so he could not see his face clearly. So the general rebuked him loudly, and the man took a few steps back, before the candlelight shone on his face. It turned out to be a portrait of the monster in the house during the day, and at night he actually drilled out of the portrait. So the general stabbed him with his sword, but the monster suddenly hid behind the pillar, so the general stabbed again, and the monster hid again, so the general chased the monster to an alley, and then suddenly burrowed into the wall.

When the general saw that the monster was gone, he was ready to go back to the room to continue resting, and when he heard a voice behind him, he turned around and saw the monster creeping behind him and grimacing at him. The general couldn't help but get angry and scolded: "Where did the hippie smiling monster come from!" ”

The general's men heard the noise and rushed over with their weapons, the monster saw that there were many people and was about to run away, and when the crowd chased him to an empty house, suddenly the wind blew, and then the monster had several more companions around him. When the monster saw that he had helpers, he no longer ran away, but instead began to provoke the general and others, but no one dared to come forward. The general became more and more angry, so he stabbed him with his sword again, right in the middle of the monster's abdomen, only to hear a thud, and it exploded like a leather ball, leaving only two eyes as big as a disk glowing on the wall, and the other monsters scattered at the sight. The crowd then poked it with their weapons, and at first they could still hear the screams of the monsters, but the sound became quieter and quieter, and finally they disappeared.

After dawn, the general told the officials in the city about what had happened last night, and the officials were all frightened when they heard it, and they were also impressed by the general's bravery.