Finally, unable to hold back any longer, he reached out and slapped the Liu family landlord hard across the face.

With a sharp slap, the Liu family landlord staggered, clutching half his face and looking at the prefect with a terrified expression, saying:

"Sir, what have I done wrong to offend you?"

Prefect Liu said through gritted teeth:

"You deserve to die, you fucking deserve to die."

As he spoke, he raised his hand again and slapped her hard across the face.

This time, the Liu family landlord was completely dumbfounded, unable to understand how he had offended the prefect.

He could only quickly kneel down on the ground and say:

"Your Excellency, what wrong have I done to make you so furious? Tell me, and I will apologize to you."

The prefect pointed to Liu Erniu on the ground and said to the Liu family landlord:

"You actually forced the people to sell their land to you at a low price, disregarding the law so blatantly, and you still dare to ask me what you did wrong?"

Upon hearing this, the Liu family landlord panicked.

He had indeed spent some money to curry favor with some officials in the prefectural government, but as a mere landlord, he was clearly not qualified to know officials of the prefectural level, and he had no opportunity to bribe them.

Thinking of this, he quickly stepped forward, took out a gold ingot from his pocket, and respectfully handed it to the prefect, saying:

"Prefect Zhang, please don't be angry. I was ignorant before. It was just a small token of my respect. Please accept it."

At that moment, Prefect Zhang's face turned green.

He wished he could chop the Liu family landlord in front of him to pieces with one stroke.

Thinking to himself that he was already about to be punished, how dare you bribe him in front of the Crown Prince?

Isn't this just pushing yourself into a fire pit?