A stream of information came from Ako Domain's hantei (residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo) to the provincial capitol of Ako: the first dispatch came from Tozaemon HAYAMI and Sampei KAYANO, the second from an ashigaru (common foot soldier) and express messenger, the third from Soemon HARA and Sezaemon OISHI, and the fourth, fifth and sixth from town express messengers, until, by March 28, information such as the assassination attempt, the Seppuku of Asano Takumi no Kami and the Kaieki of Ako Domain arrived.
早水藤左衛門と萱野三平の第一の急使、足軽飛脚による第二の急使、原惣右衛門と大石瀬左衛門の第三の急使、町飛脚による第四・第五・第六の急使、と次々に赤穂藩邸から国許赤穂市へ情報が送られ、3月28日までには刃傷事件・浅野内匠頭切腹・赤穂藩改易といった情報が出揃った。