The Tang men finally tried to kill Makibi by not feeding him, but Makibi hid the sun and the moon with a tool of sugoroku (a Japanese cardboard game), which startled the Tang men so much that they decided to release Makibi.
唐人は挙句の果てには食事を断って真備を殺そうとするが、真備が双六の道具によって日月を封じたため、驚いた唐人は真備を釈放した。