Then, in a new negotiation with the chief retainers of the Tokuyama clan, Mototoshi URA requested that Riuemon, who was apparently the murderer, be sentenced to death as a solution, but the negotiation failed again.
そこで、浦元敏は改めて徳山藩の家老に交渉し、解決策として、明らかに下手人と見られる里右衛門の死罪を要求したが、これもまた不調に終わる。