While the group led by Nashiro managed to arrive in Japan later, another group led by HEGIRI no Hironari, the third officer of the envoy to Tang China, which was captured by Kingdom of Champa after being adrift on the sea, returned to Changan.
名代一行を何とか帰国させると、今度は崑崙国（チャンパ王国）に漂着して捕らえられ、中国に脱出してきた遣唐使判官・平群広成一行4人が長安に戻ってきた。