At that time, Renjun was asked by Nagamasa KIZAWA, who was trying to leave his master Yoshitake (Yoshinobu) HATAKEYAMA, the governor of Kawachi Province, to belong to Harumoto, to intervene for his betrayal, but it soon came to Yoshinobu's attention.
その頃、主家である河内守護畠山義堯から離反して晴元への転属を画策する木沢長政から、晴元への内応の仲介依頼を受けた蓮淳であったが、間もなくこの事を義宣に知られてしまう。