The roto had a letter addressed to FUJIWARA no Norimichi (the private master of Tadatsune), minister of the center, reporting the injustice of the order to track down and kill Tadatsune.
郎党は内大臣藤原教通（忠常の「私君」にあたる人物）宛ての書状を持っており、追討令の不当を訴える内容だった。