《新唐书·列传·卷一百三十二》
那时没人能认真调查辨别，看了他们的交代，都说的确是他们谋反。仇士良借此纵兵滥捕，横加屠戮，不管罪轻罪重，不管有罪无罪，全由两军杀害，朝廷公卿几乎一半被杀。
于时莫能辨其情，皆谓诚反，士良因纵兵捕，无轻重悉毙两军，公卿半空。
At that time, no one was able to conduct a serious investigation and make a judgment. When people read their confessions, they all said that they indeed had conspired to rebel. Qiu Shiliang seized this opportunity to recklessly dispatch troops to arrest and massacre people indiscriminately, regardless of the severity of their crimes or whether they were guilty or innocent, all were killed by the two armies, and almost half of the court officials and aristocrats were killed.