Once, a person conflicted with Tokiyori over shoryo (territory) and bugyonin (magistrates) pronounced the verdict against the person in fear of Tokiyori's authority, but Fujitsuna placed importance on reason, and returned shoryo to that person as well as the money offered by that person to Fujitsuna as reward.
ある人が時頼と所領を争ったさい、奉行人たちはその権威をはばかって敗訴としたのを、藤綱は道理を重んじて所領を返し、その人が謝礼に贈った銭をも返した。