On the ninth day of the ninth month, this day was a holiday called the 'City God Festival'.
Baojiao County was bustling with locals and visitors for the fair. Each household bought heavenly fragrances and candles to worship the County's City God, praying for a year of favorable weather and for the people to live in peace and prosperity.
But within the Medicine King Hall this day, unusually, the assistants were not busy. The assistants from the various courtyards, including the kitchen, Inner Treasury, and front hall, had all been summoned together.
"It's the Third Shopkeeper who's personally overseeing this monthly assessment!"
Chen Ku, along with Zhang Erniu, Che Ping, and Huang Wenbao, stood among a group of Disciples, listening to the excited, hushed whispers of the assistants clad in long robes.
