《宋史·列传·卷八十三》
这都是他们的间谍想以打人这件事为据作文章，等到了解这件事是妄报的以后，他们就把间谍杀了。
盖他谍欲以殴人为质验，比得报，以为妄，乃杀谍。
These were their spies, who wanted to use the beating incident to fabricate a story, and after learning that the incident was a false report, they killed the spies.
<s>[INST] I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 盖他谍欲以殴人为质验，比得报，以为妄，乃杀谍。 [/INST] Contemporary: 这都是他们的间谍想以打人这件事为据作文章，等到了解这件事是妄报的以后，他们就把间谍杀了。 English version: These were their spies, who wanted to use the beating incident to fabricate a story, and after learning that the incident was a false report, they killed the spies.</s>
I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 盖他谍欲以殴人为质验，比得报，以为妄，乃杀谍。
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Contemporary: 这都是他们的间谍想以打人这件事为据作文章，等到了解这件事是妄报的以后，他们就把间谍杀了。 English version: These were their spies, who wanted to use the beating incident to fabricate a story, and after learning that the incident was a false report, they killed the spies.
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