After arrested, Yoei succeeded in escaping from prison, pretending to die of disease, and then Ganjin and his party headed for Fuzhou, where they had planned to set sail for Japan because they thought it difficult to sail from Jiangsu or Zhejiang.
その後、栄叡は病死を装って出獄に成功し、江蘇・浙江からの出航は困難だとして、鑑真一行は福州から出発する計画を立て、福州へ向かった。