Serizawa who heard the news sent four people, Shinpachi NAGAKURA, Sanosuke HARADA, Genzaburo INOUE, and Kanryusai TAKEDA to the Minakuchi domain and asked for a transfer of custody.
それを聞きつけた芹沢が、永倉新八・原田左之助・井上源三郎・武田観柳斎の4人を差し向け、当事者の身柄引き渡しを水口藩に求めた。