《太平广记·卷一百七十二·精察二》
囚徒说，所谓抢劫来的赃物缲丝工具是自己家里原有的东西，说的和被抢劫的人说的正好相反。许宗裔立刻命令两个人当面对质核实，问他们各自家里的缲丝车上卷丝轴心是用的什么东西？一个说是杏核，一个说是瓦片。许宗裔命令退下卷上的蚕丝，拆下轴心，见是杏核，与囚徒说的相同。
一云杏核，一云瓦子，因令相退下线，见杏核，与囚款同。仍以丝钩安车，量其轻重大小，亦是囚家本物。
The prisoner said that the yarn reeling tools that were allegedly robbed were originally from his house, which was the opposite of what the robbed person said. Xu Zongyi immediately ordered the two people to confront each other for verification, asking them what was used for the winding reel shaft on their respective yarn reels. One said it was an apricot kernel, and the other said it was a tile. Xu Zongyi ordered the silk from the volume to be removed and the shaft to be disassembled. He saw that it was an apricot kernel, which was the same as what the prisoner said.