However, MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, who was also engaged in the Heiji War and remembered Konnomaru SHIBUYA, appreciated Shoshun's loyalty to his father and employed Shoshun as a vassal whilst pardoning the crime.
しかし、自らも平治の乱を戦い、父の義朝に従うかつての渋谷金王丸の記憶を持つ源頼朝が父に対する忠誠心などを評価したため、罪を許して家臣として迎えた。