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Xing Yi was a rebel.
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 6 passages
銲與邢縡善，縡，鴻臚少卿璹子也，以功名相期，鉷因銲亦交縡。
Hua was close to Xing Yi, the son of vice minister of guest affairs Shuo; the two expected great things of each other, and through Hua, Hong came to know Yi as well.
十一載四月，縡與銲謀引右龍武軍萬騎燒都門、誅執政作難。
In the fourth month of Tianbao year 11, Yi and Hua plotted to summon the Right Dragon Martial Army's ten-thousand cavalry to burn the capital gate, kill the chief ministers, and launch a revolt.
鉷意銲與縡連，故緩其事，但督兩縣尉捕賊。
Hong thought Hua was implicated with Yi, so he dragged his feet and only pressed the assistant magistrates of the two counties to catch the rebels.
賈季鄰逢銲於路，銲謂曰：「我與縡有舊，今反，恐妄相引，君勿受。」
Jia Jilin met Hua on the road. Hua told him: "Yi and I go back a long way. Now that he has rebelled, he may falsely drag me in — do not believe it."
既至，縡與其黨持弓刃突出格鬥，鉷與國忠繼至，縡黨相語曰：「勿鬥大夫。」
When they got there, Yi and his men rushed out with bows and blades to fight. Hong and Guozhong arrived soon after, and Yi's followers whispered to one another: "Do not fight the chief censor."
會高力士以飛龍小兒甲騎四百至，斬縡，盡禽其黨。
At that moment Gao Lishi arrived with four hundred armored cavalry of the Flying Dragon guard, beheaded Yi, and captured all his followers.