During this disturbance, the former lord of Sanji and Hiroshima domains Nagateru ASANO (the lord Nagasumi ASANO was in his hometown Sanji) requested to have Aguri back since it was her hometown and sent Takatsugi Chubei OHASHI (the head of the front line foot soldiers) and Sadashige Kichizaemon KIMURA (the head of the soldiers with guns) to Kamiyashiki after receiving permission from the bakufu.
この騒ぎの最中の阿久里が実家である広島藩三次藩の前藩主浅野長照（藩主浅野長澄は国許三次にいた）が阿久里を引き取るべく、幕府の許可を得たうえで大橋忠兵衛孝次（同藩先手頭）木村吉左衛門定重（同藩持筒頭）らを上屋敷に派遣してきた。