Following behind the middleman, he watched the commotion and finally realized why this Daoist was attracting these refugees: he could offer them a free game to play.
The rules of the game were simple: inside that makeshift box, there were three compartments, one of which contained an ounce of silver, while the other two were empty.
He first asked the participating refugee to choose a compartment, then benevolently opened one of the empty compartments, thus eliminating one incorrect option for the refugees, and finally let them choose again between the remaining two compartments.
The vast majority of refugees, when faced with the two remaining compartments, chose to stick with their initial choice. However, with only a fifty-fifty chance, very few won the ounce of silver in the end. This left many filled with regret, but unfortunately, each refugee only had one chance.
