| Sasagawa asks for a reward, and Toshiyuki, while allowing him to succeed to the headship of the Taga family, threatens him to assume responsibility in return for the loss of the incense burner and scroll, and then finally makes him confess the crimes of Daigakunosuke and his gang. |
褒美をもとめる笹川に俊行は多賀家の跡目相続を許すが、代わりに香炉と一軸の紛失の責を負うようにと笹川を脅し、ついに大学之助一味の悪事を白状させる。 |